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Thorndike

thorn·dike

US/ˈθɔrndɪk/ uncommon

noun

1.

English actress (1882-1976)

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Origin

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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