Metcalf
Metcalf (name) means an English surname, an occupational name for someone who tended calves. Example: “Metcalf managed the dairy farm for his father.”
Word forms
Metcalfs plural
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_____ managed the dairy farm for his father.
Etymology
Possibly from Old English *metecealf (“meat calf”), a calf to be fattened up for eating. The use as a surname could have started off as a jocular nickname for an individual thought to be as "fat as a prize-calf"; or else in reference to the occupation involved in fattening up such a calf.
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What does “Metcalf” mean?
The word “Metcalf” means an English surname, an occupational name for someone who tended calves.
How do you use “Metcalf” in a sentence?
Here is “Metcalf” used in a sentence: “Metcalf managed the dairy farm for his father.”
What part of speech is “Metcalf”?
“Metcalf” is a name.
What is the meaning of Metcalf?
"Metcalf" (name) means an English surname, an occupational name for someone who tended calves.
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