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Shawcross

Shawcross proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Shawcross (plural Shawcrosses)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Shawcross

pluralShawcrosses

Origin of Shawcross

Probably a habitational surname from Shaw Cross, a suburb of Dewsbury, a town in West Yorkshire, from Old English sċeaga (“copse, thicket”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Questions about Shawcross

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

Words near Shawcross in the dictionary

  1. Shawano County
  2. shawarma
  3. shawarmas
  4. Shawayga
  5. Shawbridge
  6. Shawcross
  7. Shawcrosses
  8. Shawe
  9. Shawell
  10. Shawfair
  11. Shawfield

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