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Woolstencroft

Woolstencroft proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Woolstencroft (plural Woolstencrofts)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Woolstencroft

pluralWoolstencrofts
alternative formWolstencroft

Origin of Woolstencroft

Habitational surname from a minor place in Agden, Cheshire, from the Old English personal name Wulfstān + croft (“enclosure”).

Questions about Woolstencroft

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

Words near Woolstencroft in the dictionary

  1. woolskins
  2. woolsorter
  3. woolsorter's disease
  4. woolsorters
  5. woolsorting
  6. Woolstencroft
  7. Woolstencrofts
  8. Woolstenhulme
  9. Woolstenhulmes
  10. Woolsthorpe
  11. Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

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