"Leach" meaning in English

See Leach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Leaches [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * Occupational surname for a physician, from Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”). * Topographic surname for someone who lived by a boggy stream, from Old English læcc (“boggy stream”) (related to Proto-Germanic *lekaną), or from several English placenames related to this (compare Leake). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|lǣċe||doctor, physician}} Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”), {{der|en|ang|læcc|t=boggy stream}} Old English læcc (“boggy stream”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*lekaną}} Proto-Germanic *lekaną Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|es}} Leach (countable and uncountable, plural Leaches)
  1. A surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Leach-en-name-YeJQRBqa Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 39 40
  2. A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Oklahoma, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Leach-en-name-7OiZqvYm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 39 40
  3. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Tennessee, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Tennessee, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Leach-en-name-06cNGRbQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 39 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Latch, Leech, Leetch, Leitch, Litch, Lytch

Inflected forms

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