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Skewes

Skewes proper noun: a surname from Cornish.

Proper noun

Skewes (plural Skeweses)

  1. A surname from Cornish.

Forms of Skewes

pluralSkeweses
alternative formSkuse

Origin of Skewes

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cornwall, from Cornish skaw (“elder bush”).

Words formed from Skewes

Questions about Skewes

What does Skewes mean?
Skewes means a surname from Cornish.
What part of speech is Skewes?
Skewes is a proper noun.

Words near Skewes in the dictionary

  1. skewerers
  2. skewering
  3. skewerings
  4. skewerlike
  5. skewers
  6. Skewes
  7. Skewes' number
  8. Skewes' numbers
  9. Skeweses
  10. skewest
  11. skewfield

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