Shackleton

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

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Meanings

proper nounShackleton (countable and uncountable, plural Shackletons)

plural Shackletons

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Old English.
  2. countableuncountableA ghost town in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States.
  3. countableuncountableErnest Shackleton, British Antarctic explorer.

Origin

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from an unattested Old English word *sċacol (“tongue of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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