English Explanatory Dictionary

Goffin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Alternative form of coffin (“exploratory trench; deep ditch”).

Word forms

Goffin goffins

Etymology

Borrowed from Cornish goghyn, the soft mutation of koghyn (“exploratory trench”).

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