English Explanatory Dictionary

Chesney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English surname from Anglo-Norman.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun
  1. An indentation in the slate of a table that affects the path of a ball travelling over it

Word forms

Chesney Chesneys Chainey Chaney Cheeney Cheney Cheyne Cheyney

Etymology

From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).

Derived words

Chesney Vale
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