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thackeray

/ˈθækəɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
thack-er-ay
IPA
/ˈθækəɹi/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A community in the Rural Municipality of Buffalo, western Saskatchewan, Canada.

name

A surname.

Etymology

An English habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire, of Old Norse origin, from þak (“thatch, roof”) + rá (“nook”), therefore referring to a "place with thatching".

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, ठाकरे

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Thakre (alternative)

Derived Forms

Thackerayan Thackerayana Thackerayesque

Frequently Paired Words

Thackray

Rhymes With

zachary quackery daiquiri zachery zackery

Questions

How do you pronounce thackeray?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθækəɹi/.
What does thackeray mean?
A surname.
Where does thackeray come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce thackeray

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