English Explanatory Dictionary

Barrell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of barrel.

Word forms

Barrell Barrells

Etymology

Various origins: * Metonymic occupational surname for a cooper or a nickname for an obese man or an immoderate drinker, from Old French baril (“barrel”). * Habitational surname from Barwell, in Leicestershire, from Old English bār (“boar”) + wielle (“well, spring”).

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