English Explanatory Dictionary

Greenlee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Greenlee Greenlees Greenley

Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, named from Old English grēne (“green”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to green + -lee (“lea”); compare Green and Greene.

Derived words

Greenlee County
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