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killigrew

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
kil-li-grew
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird, the red-billed chough.

British usage; Archaic

name

A surname from Cornish.

Etymology

Habitational surname from Cornish kelli (“grove”) + kryw (“stepping stone”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

killigrews (plural) Killebrew (alternative)

Questions

What does killigrew mean?
A bird, the red-billed chough.
Where does killigrew come from?
Habitational surname from Cornish kelli (“grove”) + kryw (“stepping stone”).

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