English Explanatory Dictionary

Bickerstaffe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4404).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Bickerstaffe Bickerstaffes Bickerstaff Bickersteth Biggerstaff

Etymology

From Old English bīcere (“beekeeper”) + stæþ (“bank, shore; landing place”).

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