"Shuck" meaning in English

See Shuck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Shucks [plural]
Etymology: * As an English surname, from Old English scucca (“evil spirit”). * As a German andJewish surname, Americanized from Schuck. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|scucca|t=evil spirit}} Old English scucca (“evil spirit”), {{der|en|de|-}} German Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Shuck (plural Shucks)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Shuck-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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