"Farrow" meaning in English

See Farrow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Farrows [plural]
Etymology: Hypercorrected form of Farrar, where the original ending -ar was regarded as an error and consequently changed to -ow. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Farrow (countable and uncountable, plural Farrows)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Farrow-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A former community in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Historical settlements, Places in Alberta, Places in Canada
    Sense id: en-Farrow-en-name-oFkSICvG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for Farrow meaning in English (1.9kB)

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