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Shedd

Shedd proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Shedd (countable and uncountable, plural Shedds)

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, United States.

Forms of Shedd

pluralShedds
alternative formShed

Origin of Shedd

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).

Questions about Shedd

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

Words near Shedd in the dictionary

  1. shed skin
  2. shed tears
  3. sheda grass
  4. shedable
  5. Shedar
  6. Shedd
  7. sheddable
  8. sheddase
  9. sheddases
  10. shedded
  11. shedded out

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