Meanings
proper nounStarbuck (plural Starbucks)
plural Starbucks
- A surname.
The Starbucks were Dorothy’s nearest neighbors and although the house was obscured by a thick screen of spruce, she could see part of their beach while working on the lower ledges of her garden.
1989, Kathryn Lasky Knight, chapter 21, in The Widow of Oz, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 186
Origin
A mutation of the placename Starbeck (“an area in North Yorkshire, England”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
Starbuck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Starbuck
MLA
“Starbuck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Starbuck. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Starbuck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Starbuck.
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