"Mears" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Mearses [plural]
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|mere||lake, pool}} Old English mere (“lake, pool”), {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|es}} Mears (countable and uncountable, plural Mearses)
  1. A surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Mears-en-name-YeJQRBqa Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A census-designated place in Oceana County, Michigan, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Michigan, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Michigan, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Mears-en-name--5Mu4Zic Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

Inflected forms

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