Ackroyd

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proper noun

A surname from Middle English.

OriginMiddle English ake →
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Meanings

proper nounAckroyd (plural Ackroyds)

plural Ackroyds

  1. A surname from Middle English.

    Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of “The Hurt Locker.

    2009 June 21, Manohla Dargis, “Action!”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Middle Englishake“oak”
  2. EnglishAckroyd

Topographic surname, from Middle English ake (“oak”) + royd (“clearing”).

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APA

Ackroyd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ackroyd

MLA

“Ackroyd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ackroyd. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ackroyd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ackroyd.

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