Tollemache

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proper noun

A surname from Old French.

OriginOld French talemasche →
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Meanings

proper nounTollemache (plural Tollemaches)

plural Tollemaches

  1. A surname from Old French.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchtalemasche“knapsack”
  2. EnglishTollemache

Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Talmadge.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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