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Sarel

Sarel proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Sarel

  1. A surname.
    • Andrew Lovering Sarel, esq. of Enfield, appealed against the charge made upon him from one to two four-wheeler's carriages.1829, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, volume 18, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, page 18
  2. A male given name from Afrikaans.
    • The Boers who had ridden into Germiston were under the command of Captain Sarel Eloff, President Krüger's grandson …1899, George Griffith, Briton or Boer?: A Tale of the Fight for Africa, F. V. White & Company, page 143
    • My name is Sarel Kandell. I am an attorney formerly with the migrant legal action program, and I just have one basic comment to make.1967, Sarel Kandell, edited by Patsy T. Mink, Hearings, Reports, Public Laws, volume 12, United States Congress House Committee on Education and Labour, page 324

Origin of Sarel

From Middle English Sarlo, Sarle and Serle, from Anglo-Scandinavian or Norman Sarli and Sarle, ultimately from Old Norse. The given name sense is derived from Afrikaans Sarel.

Words formed from Sarel

  • Sarell

Questions about Sarel

What does Sarel mean?
Sarel means a surname.
What part of speech is Sarel?
Sarel is a proper noun.

Words near Sarel in the dictionary

  1. sare
  2. saredutant
  3. saree
  4. sarees
  5. Sarehole
  6. Sarel
  7. Sares
  8. Sarey
  9. Sarez
  10. Sarez Lake
  11. Sarf London

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