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Thackeray

/ˈθækəɹi/

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South Asia/ˈʈʰaːkɹeː/

Thackeray proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun (1)

Thackeray

  1. A surname.
  2. A community in the Rural Municipality of Buffalo, western Saskatchewan, Canada.

Proper noun (2)

Thackeray

  1. A surname.

Forms of Thackeray

alternative formThakre

Origin of Thackeray

An English habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire, of Old Norse origin, from þak (“thatch, roof”) + rá (“nook”), therefore referring to a "place with thatching".

Anglicization of Marathi ठाकरे (ṭhākre).

Words formed from Thackeray

Questions about Thackeray

What does Thackeray mean?
Thackeray means a surname.
What part of speech is Thackeray?
Thackeray is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Thackeray?
Thackeray is pronounced /ˈθækəɹi/.

Words near Thackeray in the dictionary

  1. Thach weaves
  2. Thaches
  3. thack
  4. thacked
  5. Thacker
  6. Thackeray
  7. Thackerayan
  8. Thackerayana
  9. Thackerayesque
  10. Thackers
  11. thacking

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