"Cockayne" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Cockaynes [plural], Cockin [alternative], Cokayne [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English cokayne (“cloud-cuckooland, Cockaigne”), a nickname for an idle dreamer. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|cokayne||cloud-cuckooland, Cockaigne}} Middle English cokayne (“cloud-cuckooland, Cockaigne”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Cockayne (plural Cockaynes)
  1. Alternative spelling of Cockaigne. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Cockaigne
    Sense id: en-Cockayne-en-name-Lhh63No2
  2. A surname from Middle English.
    Sense id: en-Cockayne-en-name-Bz4-slhQ Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 79 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cockayne Hatley, Cockayne syndrome

Inflected forms

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