Alderwick

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English alor →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

proper nounAlderwick (plural Alderwicks)

plural Alderwicks

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Old Englishalor“alder”
  2. EnglishAlderwick

Seemingly from Old English alor (“alder”) + wīċ (“hamlet, farm”). However, probably actually a misconstrued version of Aldrick, itself a variant of Aldridge.

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Alderwick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alderwick

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“Alderwick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alderwick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Alderwick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alderwick.

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