creach

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noun

an incursion for plunder, raid, forray

OriginIrish and Scottish Gaelic creach →
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Meanings

creach1

nouncreach (plural creachs)

plural creachs · alternative creagh

  1. IrelandScotlandan incursion for plunder, raid, forray
  2. booty, prey
verbcreach (third-person singular simple present creachs, present participle creaching, simple past and past participle creached)

present singular third person creachs · participle present creaching · participle past creached · past creached · alternative creagh

  1. transitiveTo raid, to plunder.

Creach2

proper nounCreach (plural Creaches)

plural Creaches

  1. A surname.

Origin

creach · noun, verb

  1. Irish and Scottish Gaeliccreach
  2. Englishcreach

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic creach.

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Creach · proper noun

  1. FrenchCréac'h
  2. GermanKrietsch
  3. EnglishCreach

* Variant of Creech. * Americanized spelling of German Krietsch. * Borrowed from French Créac'h, itself from Breton.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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