Bowbrick

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English bufan →
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Meanings

proper nounBowbrick (plural Bowbricks)

plural Bowbricks

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbufan“above”
  2. EnglishBowbrick

Topographic surname for someone who lived above the brook, from Old English bufan (“above”) + brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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