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Raftery

Raftery proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Raftery (plural Rafterys)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Raftery

pluralRafterys

Origin of Raftery

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Reachtabhra (“son of Reachtabhra”), a personal name which derives from reacht (“decree”).

Questions about Raftery

What does Raftery mean?
Raftery means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Raftery?
Raftery is a proper noun.

Words near Raftery in the dictionary

  1. raftered
  2. raftering
  3. rafterings
  4. rafterless
  5. rafters
  6. Raftery
  7. Rafterys
  8. raftilose
  9. rafting
  10. raftless
  11. raftlike

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