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Trevithick

Trevithick proper noun: a surname from Cornish.

Proper noun

Trevithick (plural Trevithicks)

  1. A surname from Cornish.

Forms of Trevithick

pluralTrevithicks

Origin of Trevithick

Habitational surname, from Cornish tre (“homestead”) + a mutated form of methek (“doctor, physician”).

Questions about Trevithick

What does Trevithick mean?
Trevithick means a surname from Cornish.
What part of speech is Trevithick?
Trevithick is a proper noun.

Words near Trevithick in the dictionary

  1. Trevino
  2. Treviscoe
  3. treviso
  4. treviss
  5. trevisses
  6. Trevithick
  7. Trevithicks
  8. Trevizo
  9. Trevizos
  10. Trevon
  11. Trevone

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