"Train" meaning in English

See Train in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Trains [plural]
Etymology: As an English surname, from the noun train (“hunter's trap, snare”). Also from the Middle English phrase atte trewen (“at the trees”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Trains}} Train (plural Trains)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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