"Galbraith" meaning in English

See Galbraith in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Galbraiths [plural], Colbath [alternative], Culbreath [alternative]
Etymology: Scottish ethnic surname from Scottish Gaelic gall (“stranger, foreigner”) + Breathnach (“Briton”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|gall||stranger, foreigner}} Scottish Gaelic gall (“stranger, foreigner”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Galbraith (countable and uncountable, plural Galbraiths)
  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Galbraith-en-name-DwLw5T9d Categories (other): English surnames
  2. An unincorporated community in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States, named after an Iowa senator. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Iowa, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Iowa, USA
    Sense id: en-Galbraith-en-name-ZzbuJTr- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Galbraithian

Inflected forms

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