"Shaftoe" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Shaftoes [plural]
Etymology: Habitational surname from two minor places in Hartburn, Northumberland, from Old English sċeaft (“shaft, pole”) + hōh (“heel; spur of land”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|sċeaft||shaft, pole}} Old English sċeaft (“shaft, pole”) Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Shaftoe (plural Shaftoes)
  1. A surname from Old English.

Inflected forms

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