English Explanatory Dictionary

Barkhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Middle English.

Word forms

Barkhouse Barkhouses Barkus

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a tannery or an occupational surname for someone who worked in one, from Middle English barkhous (“tannery”).

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