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Spratling

Spratling proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Spratling (plural Spratlings)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of Spratling

pluralSpratlings
alternative formSpratlin

Origin of Spratling

Nickname for an old or infirm man, from Middle English sprakeling (“one with creaking legs”).

Questions about Spratling

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

Words near Spratling in the dictionary

  1. Spratley
  2. Spratleys
  3. Spratlies
  4. spratlike
  5. Spratlin
  6. Spratling
  7. Spratlings
  8. Spratlins
  9. Spratly Island
  10. Spratly Islands
  11. Spratlys

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