English Explanatory Dictionary

Thornycroft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Thornycroft Thornycrofts Thorneycroft

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified settlement, from Old English þorniġ (“thorny, full of thorns”) + croft (“croft, enclosed field”).

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