"Thorndike" meaning in All languages combined

See Thorndike on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Thorndikes [plural]
Etymology: Topographic surname for someone who lived by a sort of palisade made with thornbushes, from Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + dīc (“ditch; dike”). The town was named after Israel Thorndike, a landowner. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|þorn||thornbush}} Old English þorn (“thornbush”), {{m|ang|dīc||ditch; dike}} dīc (“ditch; dike”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Thorndike (countable and uncountable, plural Thorndikes)
  1. A surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Thorndike-en-name-YeJQRBqa Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Maine, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Maine, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Thorndike-en-name-xtbI-EwC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Thorndyke [surname] Derived forms: Thorndikean

Inflected forms

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