English Explanatory Dictionary

Wagstaff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.

Word forms

Wagstaff Wagstaffs Wagstaffe Wagster

Etymology

From Middle English waggen (“to move up and down”) + staff (“staff, rod”), an occupational surname for an official who carried a staff.

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