Thorndike

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. countable, uncountable

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dame sybil thorndikeedward lee thorndike

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a sort of palisade made with thornbushes, from Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + dīc (“ditch; dike”). The town was named after Israel Thorndike, a landowner.

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