English Explanatory Dictionary

Prendergast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9516).

Word forms

Prendergast Prendergasts Pendergast Penderghast Pendergraft Pendergrass

Etymology

From the Irish and Welsh surname, perhaps derived from a now lost settlement in Flanders called Brontegeest. This surname was then brought to England through the Norman Conquest.

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