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Shaftoe

Shaftoe proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Shaftoe (plural Shaftoes)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Shaftoe

pluralShaftoes

Origin of Shaftoe

Habitational surname from two minor places in Hartburn, Northumberland, from Old English sċeaft (“shaft, pole”) + hōh (“heel; spur of land”).

Questions about Shaftoe

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

Words near Shaftoe in the dictionary

  1. shaftments
  2. shaftmond
  3. shaftmonds
  4. shaftmound
  5. shaftmounds
  6. Shaftoe
  7. Shaftoes
  8. shaftoside
  9. shafts
  10. Shaftsbury
  11. shaftsman

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