English Explanatory Dictionary

Rivett

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Word forms

Rivett Rivetts

Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of rivets, from Old French rivet (“rivet, fastener”).

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