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Ratigan

Ratigan proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

Ratigan (plural Ratigans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of Ratigan

pluralRatigans
alternative formRattigan

Origin of Ratigan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Reachtagáin (“descendant of Reachtagán”), a personal name from a diminutive of reachtaire (“administrator, steward”) or reacht (“law”).

Questions about Ratigan

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

Words near Ratigan in the dictionary

  1. ratifier
  2. ratifiers
  3. ratifies
  4. ratify
  5. ratifying
  6. Ratigan
  7. Ratigans
  8. ratihabition
  9. ratihabitions
  10. ratine
  11. ratines

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