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Redshaw

Redshaw proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Redshaw (plural Redshaws)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Redshaw

pluralRedshaws

Origin of Redshaw

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Old English rēad (“red”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket, shaw”).

Questions about Redshaw

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

Words near Redshaw in the dictionary

  1. redsears
  2. redseed plantain
  3. redshank
  4. redshanks
  5. redshare
  6. Redshaw
  7. Redshaws
  8. redshift
  9. redshifted
  10. redshifting
  11. redshifts

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