Dewitt

D2E1W4I1T1T1

proper noun

A surname from Dutch.

OriginDutch de Witt →
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Meanings

Dewitt1

proper nounDewitt (plural Dewitts)

plural Dewitts · alternative DeWitt · alternative De Witt

  1. A surname from Dutch.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
verbDewitt (third-person singular simple present Dewitts, present participle Dewitting, simple past and past participle Dewitted)

present singular third person Dewitts · participle present Dewitting · participle past Dewitted · past Dewitted · alternative DeWitt · alternative De Witt

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo lynch.

DeWitt2

proper noun
  1. A surname from Dutch, an anglicization of de Witt.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A city and one of the two county seats of Arkansas County, Arkansas; named for DeWitt Clinton.
  4. A village in Illinois; named for DeWitt Clinton.
  5. A city in Iowa; named for American politician and naturalist DeWitt Clinton.
  6. A city in Michigan; named for DeWitt Clinton.
  7. A town and census-designated place therein, in Onondaga County, New York; named for judge and soldier Maj. Moses DeWitt.
  8. An unincorporated community in Virginia.

Origin

  1. Dutchde Witt
  2. EnglishDewitt

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

witted
Cite this entry
APA

Dewitt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dewitt

MLA

“Dewitt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dewitt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dewitt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dewitt.

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