"Dobbs" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Dobbses [plural]
Etymology: From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|-s}} -s Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|es}} Dobbs (countable and uncountable, plural Dobbses)
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Dobbs-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (US, law, US politics, informal, uncountable, neologism) Ellipsis of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which stated that access to abortion was not a constitutionally protected right, overturning the earlier Roe ruling which established this unenumerated right. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, neologism, uncountable Alternative form of: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (extra: a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which stated that access to abortion was not a constitutionally protected right, overturning the earlier Roe ruling which established this unenumerated right.) Categories (topical): Law, US politics Derived forms: post-Dobbs
    Sense id: en-Dobbs-en-name-8GelxjaE Categories (other): American English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -s, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 55 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 10 72 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 52 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 51 32 Topics: government, law, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From Dobb + -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Dobb|s}} Dobb + -s Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun form}} Dobbs
  1. plural of Dobb Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Dobb
    Sense id: en-Dobbs-en-name-9XX0E6jA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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