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Metcalf
Metcalf (name) means an English surname, an occupational name for someone who tended calves. Example: “Metcalf managed the dairy farm for his father.”
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An English surname, an occupational name for someone who tended calves.
"Metcalf managed the dairy farm for his father."
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Etymology
Possibly comes from Old English *metecealf (“meat calf”), a calf fattened up for eating. As a surname, it may have started as a jocular nickname for someone thought to be as "fat as a prize-calf," or else referred to the occupation of 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.
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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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