Etymology

Whitaker

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English *Hwītæcer
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  1. Old English · derived from*Hwītæcer
  2. English todayWhitaker

From Old English *Hwītæcer (literally “white-acre”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.