name, noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   an incursion for plunder, raid, forray Ireland, Scotland
2. 2
   booty, prey

Verb

1. 1
   To raid, to plunder. transitive

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic creach.

Etymology 2

# Variant of Creech. # Americanized spelling of German Krietsch. # Borrowed from French Créac'h, itself from Breton.

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