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Hackett

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Several etymologies: * A variant of the Scottish surname Halkett. * English surname, from a pet form of the medieval personal name Hack. * From Middle English haket (“kind of fish”), hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller. * It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eachaidh, from which also the surnames Caughey and McGaffey.

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