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Thornycroft

Thornycroft proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Thornycroft (plural Thornycrofts)

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Thornycroft

pluralThornycrofts
alternative formThorneycroft

Origin of Thornycroft

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified settlement, from Old English þorniġ (“thorny, full of thorns”) + croft (“croft, enclosed field”).

Questions about Thornycroft

What does Thornycroft mean?
Thornycroft means a habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Thornycroft?
Thornycroft is a proper noun.

Words near Thornycroft in the dictionary

  1. thorny lacewings
  2. thorny oyster
  3. thorny oysters
  4. thorny worm
  5. thorny worms
  6. Thornycroft
  7. Thornycrofts
  8. thornyhead
  9. thornyheads
  10. thoro
  11. thorocene

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