"Cockcroft" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Cockcrofts [plural]
Etymology: Topographic surname from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + croft (“enclosed field”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|cocc||cock, rooster}} Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Cockcroft (plural Cockcrofts)
  1. A surname from Old English. Synonyms: Cockroft, Cocroft Derived forms: Cockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft-Walton generator, Cockcroft-Walton multiplier
    Sense id: en-Cockcroft-en-name-YeJQRBqa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Inflected forms

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