"Butt" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Butts [plural]
Etymology: * As an English surname, from Middle English butte (“target, goal”), from French but (“target, aim”). * Also as an English surname, from butte (“isolated hill”). * Also as an English surname, from butt (sense 3) (“cask, bottle”). * Also as an English surname, from a nickname related to butt (sense 1) (“thick end”). * As an English and German surname, from butt (sense 4) (“type of flounder”). * As a Kashmiri surname, spelling variant of Bhatt. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|butte|t=target, goal}} Middle English butte (“target, goal”), {{der|en|fr|but|t=target, aim}} French but (“target, aim”), {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|ks|-}} Kashmiri
  1. A surname.
    A surname from English.
    Sense id: en-Butt-en-name-ltV1RdZt Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 11 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 14 14 11 15 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 10 10 14 20 20
  2. A surname.
    A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Butt-en-name-4Oz9V0sE Categories (other): English surnames
  3. A surname.
    A surname from Kashmiri.
    Sense id: en-Butt-en-name-2AA6hyHe Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Butte

Inflected forms

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