Dockery

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginIrish Ó Dochraidh →
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Meanings

proper nounDockery (countable and uncountable, plural Dockerys)

plural Dockerys

  1. countableA surname.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Ray County, Missouri, United States.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Dochraidh
  2. EnglishDockery

Two main origins: * Variant of Dockray, an English habitational surname. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dochraidh, a variant of Ó Dochartaigh, from which Doherty.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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