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Wanless

Wanless proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Wanless (countable and uncountable, plural Wanlesses)

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.

Forms of Wanless

pluralWanlesses

Origin of Wanless

Nickname from Middle English wanles (“hopeless, luckless”).

Questions about Wanless

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

Words near Wanless in the dictionary

  1. wanksters
  2. wanktard
  3. wanktards
  4. wanky
  5. Wankypedia
  6. Wanless
  7. Wanlesses
  8. Wanli
  9. Wanlockhead
  10. Wanluan
  11. wanly

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