What does "walpole" mean?

An English habitational surname from Old English from either of two places in Norfolk and Suffolk.

What is a synonym for "walpole"?

Common synonyms include: family name, geographic name, last name, surname, toponym.

Pronounced //ˈwɔːl.pəʊl//.

/ˈwɔːl.pəʊl/ name

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Proper Noun

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An English habitational surname from Old English from either of two places in Norfolk and Suffolk.
2
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, English politician and writer.
3
The name of several places:; A civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, that includes Walpole St Andrew and Walpole St Peter.
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The name of several places:; A village and civil parish (served by Cookley and Walpole Parish Council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM3674).
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The name of several places:; A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

"There is a faculty which Horace Walpole named "serendipity," — the luck of falling on just the literary document which one wants at the moment."

From Old English words for "wall" and "pool".