Earp

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in the far east of San Bernardino County, California, United States, named after Wyatt Earp. countable, uncountable

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"Sheriff Wyatt Earp talked to that old trapper yesterday."

Etymology

The definitive origin is unclear. Some are proposed, including Old English eorp (“swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”); or a connection to the placenames Ypres (Belgium) or Erpe (Netherlands).

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