English Explanatory Dictionary

Pankhurst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Pankhurst Pankhursts

Etymology

Habitational, perhaps from Pinkhurst in Slinfold or Pinkhurst Farm in Abinger, from Old English pinca (“finch”) or a personal name derived from it + hyrst (“hillock copse”). Alternatively perhaps from Pankhurst (Surrey), of obscure origin.

Related words

Pancoast

Derived words

Pankhurstian Pentecost
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