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Thackeray

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A community in western Saskatchewan, Canada.

Etymology

Etymology 1

An English habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire, of Old Norse origin, from þak (“thatch, roof”) + rá (“nook”), therefore referring to a "place with thatching".

Etymology 2

Anglification of Marathi ठाकरे (ṭhākre).

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