English Explanatory Dictionary

Dempsey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A ghost town in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Word forms

Dempsey Dempseys

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díomasaigh (“descendant of Díomasach”), a byname deriving from díomasach (“proud, arrogant”).

Derived words

Jack Dempsey
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