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Thorburn

Thorburn proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Thorburn (countable and uncountable, plural Thorburns)

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Forms of Thorburn

pluralThorburns
alternative formThurbon
alternative formThurlbourn

Origin of Thorburn

From a Northern Middle English personal name Thorbern, Thurbern, from Old Norse Þórbjǫrn, which is composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and bjǫrn (“bear”).

Questions about Thorburn

What does Thorburn mean?
Thorburn means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Thorburn?
Thorburn is a proper noun.

Words near Thorburn in the dictionary

  1. thoraxes
  2. Thorazine
  3. Thorazine shuffle
  4. Thorazine shuffles
  5. thorbastnasite
  6. Thorburn
  7. Thorburns
  8. Thoreau
  9. Thoreau-esque
  10. Thoreauan
  11. Thoreauesque

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