"Skeffington" meaning in All languages combined

See Skeffington on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Skeffingtons [plural], Skeavington [alternative]
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Sċeaft, a byname from sċeaft (“shaft”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Skeffington (countable and uncountable, plural Skeffingtons)
  1. A village and civil parish of Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK739025). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of Leicestershire, England, Places in England, Places in Leicestershire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Leicestershire, England
    Sense id: en-Skeffington-en-name-o2R3THIA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16
  2. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Skeffington-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Skeffington's daughter

Inflected forms

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