English Explanatory Dictionary

Shedd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, United States.

Word forms

Shedd Shedds Shed

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a hovel, from Middle English schade (“shade, shadow; shad”).

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