Meanings
plural Glasscocks · alternative Glascock · alternative Glassco
- A surname.
Origin
- Welshglas“blue”
- Old Englishglæs“glass”
- EnglishGlasscock
Various origins: * English habitational surname from a place called Glascote, in Staffordshire, from Old English glæs (“glass”) + cot (“hut, shelter”). * Welsh habitational surname from the village of Glascoed, in Monmouthshire, from Welsh glas (“blue”) + coed (“wood”).
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Glasscock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glasscock
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