English Explanatory Dictionary

Hoffman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. A village in Clinton County, Illinois.
  4. A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota.
  5. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri.
  6. An unincorporated community in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
  7. A town in Richmond County, North Carolina.
  8. A town in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
  9. A settlement on Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.

Word forms

Hoffman Hoffmans

Etymology

Anglicised from German Hoffmann, an occupational surname referring to the owner or manager of a piece of land.

Derived words

Hoffman Estates Hoffman simulator
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