"Mearns" meaning in All languages combined

See Mearns on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Mearnses [plural]
Etymology: Scottish habitational surname for someone coming from The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, which is named as An Mhaoirne in Scottish Gaelic, from maor (“bailiff, steward, beadle”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|-}} Scottish Gaelic Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|es}} Mearns (countable and uncountable, plural Mearnses)
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Mearns-en-name-DwLw5T9d Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A hamlet in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Alberta, Canada, Places in Canada, Villages in Alberta, Canada, Villages in Canada
    Sense id: en-Mearns-en-name-JjkQV-wa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Mearns quail, Mearns's flying fox, Mearns's grasshopper mouse, Mearns's pocket gopher, Mearns's pouched mouse, Mearns's squirrel Related terms: Newton Mearns

Inflected forms

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