English Explanatory Dictionary

Longstaff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Word forms

Longstaff Longstaffs

Etymology

From long + staff, perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a tipstaff or beadle or, alternatively, a nickname for a tall, thin man.

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