Bankhead

B3A1N1K5H4E1A1D2

proper noun

A surname from places.

UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

proper nounBankhead (countable and uncountable, plural Bankheads)

plural Bankheads

  1. countableuncountableA surname from places.

    Sixty-three-year-old Tallulah Bankhead joined the British studio’s monstrous regiment as the religious fanatic who terrorises her dead son’s girlfriend in Die! Die! My Darling! (1965).

    2018 January 18, Anne Billson, “'Hagsploitation': horror's obsession with older women returns”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2021
  2. A placename.
    1. countableuncountableA village in Aberdeen council area, south of Dyce (OS grid ref NJ8910).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area (OS grid ref NJ6608).
    3. countableuncountableA western neighbourhood of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area (OS grid ref NT1971).
    4. countableuncountableA suburban area south of Denny, Falkirk council area (OS grid ref NS8080).
    5. countableuncountableA suburb of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6161).
    6. countableuncountableA locality in Banff National Park, near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
    7. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Origin

Habitational surname from various Scottish minor places, from bank + head.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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