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bickerstaffe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
bick-er-staffe
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4404).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English bīcere (“beekeeper”) + stæþ (“bank, shore; landing place”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Bickerstaffes (plural) Bickerstaff (alternative) Bickersteth (alternative) Biggerstaff (alternative)

Questions

What does bickerstaffe mean?
A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4404).
Where does bickerstaffe come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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