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Thackeray

thac·ke·ray

UK/ˈθækɹeɪ/ US/ˈθækəɹeɪ/ rare

noun

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Origin

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".

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