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Scowcroft

Scowcroft proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Scowcroft (plural Scowcrofts)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Scowcroft

pluralScowcrofts

Origin of Scowcroft

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a croft with a hut, from Old Norse skáli (“barn; shed, hut”) + Old English croft (“enclosed field”).

Questions about Scowcroft

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

Words near Scowcroft in the dictionary

  1. Scovilles
  2. Scovills
  3. Scovils
  4. scoving
  5. scow
  6. Scowcroft
  7. Scowcrofts
  8. scowdering
  9. scowed
  10. Scowegian
  11. Scowegians

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