"Wagstaff" meaning in All languages combined

See Wagstaff on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Wagstaffs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English waggen (“to move up and down”) + staff (“staff, rod”), an occupational surname for an official who carried a staff. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|waggen||to move up and down}} Middle English waggen (“to move up and down”), {{m|enm|staff||staff, rod}} staff (“staff, rod”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Wagstaffs}} Wagstaff (countable and uncountable, plural Wagstaffs)
  1. A surname from Middle English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Wagstaff-en-name-Bz4-slhQ Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 88 12
  2. An unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Kansas, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Kansas, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Wagstaff-en-name-D5DgSHIh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Wagstaffe, Wagster

Inflected forms

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