English Explanatory Dictionary

Popplestone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old English].

Word forms

Popplestone Popplestones

Etymology

From Old English papolstān (“pebble”), perhaps a nickname used for a person hard to deal with.

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