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Ravenscroft

Ravenscroft proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Ravenscroft (countable and uncountable, plural Ravenscrofts)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. An unincorporated community in White County, Tennessee, United States.

Forms of Ravenscroft

pluralRavenscrofts
alternative formRavenscraft

Origin of Ravenscroft

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Hræfn, a byname from hræfn (“raven”), + -s- + croft (“enclosed field”).

Questions about Ravenscroft

What does Ravenscroft mean?
Ravenscroft means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Ravenscroft?
Ravenscroft is a proper noun.

Words near Ravenscroft in the dictionary

  1. Ravenscar
  2. Ravenscourt Park
  3. Ravenscraft
  4. Ravenscrafts
  5. Ravenscraig
  6. Ravenscroft
  7. Ravenscrofts
  8. Ravensdale
  9. Ravensden
  10. ravensfoot
  11. Ravenshaw

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