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dewitt

/dəwˈɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
de-witt
IPA
/dəwˈɪt/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Dutch.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

name

A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

verb

To lynch.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

name

A surname from Dutch, an anglicization of de Witt.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

name

A city and one of the two county seats of Arkansas County, Arkansas; named for DeWitt Clinton.

name

A village in Illinois; named for DeWitt Clinton.

Etymology

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Dewitts (plural) De Witt (alternative) Dewitts (present, singular) Dewitting (participle, present) Dewitted (participle, past) Dewitted (past)

Phrases

DeWitt County Wheeler-DeWitt equation

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce dewitt?
The recorded pronunciation is /dəwˈɪt/.
What does dewitt mean?
A surname from Dutch.
Where does dewitt come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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