Etymology

Hardacre

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Today it means: A surname from Middle English. Full definition →

Middle English hard
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  1. Middle English · derived fromhard“hard”
  2. English todayHardacre

Topographic surname for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard (“hard”) + aker (“acre, field”).

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