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Starbuck

Starbuck proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Starbuck (plural Starbucks)

  1. A surname.
    • The Starbucks were Dorothy’s nearest neighbors and although the house was obscured by a thick screen of spruce, she could see part of their beach while working on the lower ledges of her garden.1989, Kathryn Lasky Knight, chapter 21, in The Widow of Oz, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 186

Forms of Starbuck

pluralStarbucks

Origin of Starbuck

A mutation of the placename Starbeck (“an area in North Yorkshire, England”).

Words formed from Starbuck

Questions about Starbuck

What does Starbuck mean?
Starbuck means a surname.
What part of speech is Starbuck?
Starbuck is a proper noun.

Words near Starbuck in the dictionary

  1. starbound
  2. starbowline
  3. starbowlines
  4. starboy
  5. starboys
  6. Starbuck
  7. Starbucks
  8. Starbuckses
  9. Starbucksification
  10. starburst
  11. starburst display

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