Hamp

name, slang

name, slang ·1 syllable ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Nickname for Hampshire: a county of England. slang
  3. 3
    Nickname for New Hampshire: a state of the United States. slang

Etymology

* As an English surname, of various origins, including the suburb Hamp in Somerset, from the source of the suffix -ham (“closed in land”) and a variant of Hamm, or from Middle English hemp (“hemp”). * As a German surname, variant of Hampe.

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