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Popplestone

Popplestone proper noun: a surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old English].

Proper noun

Popplestone (plural Popplestones)

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old English].

Forms of Popplestone

pluralPopplestones

Origin of Popplestone

From Old English papolstān (“pebble”), perhaps a nickname used for a person hard to deal with.

Questions about Popplestone

What does Popplestone mean?
Popplestone means a surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old English].
What part of speech is Popplestone?
Popplestone is a proper noun.

Words near Popplestone in the dictionary

  1. poppit
  2. poppits
  3. popple
  4. poppled
  5. popples
  6. Popplestone
  7. Popplestones
  8. Poppleton
  9. Poppletons
  10. Popplewell
  11. Popplewells

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