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Tickner

Tickner proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Tickner (plural Tickners)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Tickner

pluralTickners

Origin of Tickner

Topographic surname for someone who lived at a crossroads or a fork in the road, from Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”). Compare twitchel.

Questions about Tickner

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

Words near Tickner in the dictionary

  1. tickly-bender
  2. tickly-benders
  3. tickmark
  4. tickmarks
  5. Ticknall
  6. Tickner
  7. Tickners
  8. Ticknor
  9. Ticknors
  10. tickover
  11. tickovers

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