Crusoe

C3R1U1S1O1E1

proper noun

A surname from French, famously held by

“Robinson Crusoe, the main character in the novel of the same name by Daniel Defoe.”

OriginFrench Crusiaux →
Less commonScrabble 8
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounCrusoe (plural Crusoes)

plural Crusoes

  1. A surname from French, famously held by

    Robinson Crusoe, the main character in the novel of the same name by Daniel Defoe.

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

  1. FrenchCrusiaux
  2. EnglishCrusoe

Perhaps from French Crusiaux, a topographic surname from a diminutive of creux (“hollow”), or alternatively a variant of Croiseau, a habitational surname.

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sourcecoursecrouseCousercerous
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Crusoe on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.