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Thurgood

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

Proper noun

Thurgood (plural Thurgoods)

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Forms of Thurgood

pluralThurgoods
alternative formThorogood

Origin of Thurgood

From the Middle English personal name Thurgod, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Þorgautr, a personal name composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and the demonym Gautr (“Geat”).

Questions about Thurgood

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

Words near Thurgood in the dictionary

  1. Thurbons
  2. Thurcroft
  3. Thurgarton
  4. Thurgau
  5. Thurgoland
  6. Thurgood
  7. Thurgoods
  8. Thurgoona
  9. Thurgovia
  10. Thurgur
  11. Thurian

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