English Explanatory Dictionary

Hosack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Hosack Hosacks Hosick

Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in northern Scotland. * As a Czech or Slovak surname, Americanized from Hosák, Hošak, from host (“guest”). Compare Hostibor, Hostislav.

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