English Explanatory Dictionary

Cruickshank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Word forms

Cruickshank Cruickshanks Crookshanks

Etymology

From Scots Cruickshank, from cruick (“bent; lame”) + shank (“leg”).

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