English Explanatory Dictionary

speare

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of spear.
name
  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname or originating as an occupation.

Word forms

speare speares

Etymology

Variant form of Spear, from Middle English spere (“spear”), from Old English spere (“spear”), variously intending a spearman, a spearmaker, or a person tall and thin in a way reminiscent of a spear.

Related words

Shakespeare Spear Speares Spearman Spears Speer Spier

Derived words

Shakespeare Speare Speares
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