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Tompkins

Tompkins proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic. Also the plural of Tompkin.

Proper noun

Tompkins (plural Tompkinses)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Synonyms:
    Thomas, Thomason, Tom, Toms, Tomson

Also used as

Tompkins is also the plural of Tompkin.

Synonyms of Tompkins

Forms of Tompkins

pluralTompkinses
alternative formTomkin
alternative formTomkins
alternative formThomkin
alternative formThomkins
alternative formTompkin
alternative formThompkin
alternative formThompkins

Origin of Tompkins

Variant of Tomkins, from a diminutive of the given name Thomas + the patronymic suffix -s.

Words formed from Tompkins

Questions about Tompkins

What does Tompkins mean?
Tompkins means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Tompkins?
Tompkins is a proper noun.

Words near Tompkins in the dictionary

  1. TOMP
  2. tompang
  3. tompion
  4. tompions
  5. Tompkin
  6. Tompkins
  7. Tompkins County
  8. Tompkinson
  9. Tompkinsville
  10. Tompojevci
  11. tompon

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