"Shawcross" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Shawcrosses [plural]
Etymology: Probably a habitational surname from Shaw Cross, a suburb of Dewsbury, a town in West Yorkshire, from Old English sċeaga (“copse, thicket”) + croft (“enclosed field”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Shaw Cross}} Shaw Cross, {{der|en|ang|sċeaga||copse, thicket}} Old English sċeaga (“copse, thicket”), {{m|ang|croft||enclosed field}} croft (“enclosed field”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Shawcross (plural Shawcrosses)
  1. A surname from Old English.
    Sense id: en-Shawcross-en-name-YeJQRBqa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Inflected forms

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