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Wheatcroft

Wheatcroft proper noun: a hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3457).

Proper noun

Wheatcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Wheatcrofts)

  1. A hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3457).
  2. A city in Webster County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Wheatcroft

pluralWheatcrofts

Origin of Wheatcroft

From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

Questions about Wheatcroft

What does Wheatcroft mean?
Wheatcroft means a hamlet in Crich parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3457).
What part of speech is Wheatcroft?
Wheatcroft is a proper noun.

Words near Wheatcroft in the dictionary

  1. wheatbird
  2. wheatbirds
  3. wheatboard
  4. wheatbread
  5. wheatbreads
  6. Wheatcroft
  7. Wheatcrofts
  8. wheate
  9. wheatear
  10. wheatear stitch
  11. wheatear stitches

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