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The acre (/ˈeɪkər/ AY-kər) is a unit of land area used in the British imperial and the United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as
Look up Acre or acre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An acre is a unit of measurement used for areas of land. Acre may also refer to: Acre, Israel
Acre (/ˈɑːkər, ˈeɪkər/ AH-kər, AY-kər), known in Hebrew as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō, IPA: [ˈako]) and in Arabic as Akka (Arabic: عكّا, ʻAkkā, IPA: [ˈʕak
Acre (/ˈɑːkrə/, AH-krə; Portuguese: [ˈakɾi] ) is a state located in the west of the North Region of Brazil and the Amazonia Legal. Located in the westernmost
In Australian and New Zealand English, a quarter acre is a term for a suburban plot of land. Traditionally, Australians and New Zealanders aspired to own
The siege of Acre was the first significant counterattack by Guy of Jerusalem against Saladin, Sultan of Egypt. This pivotal siege formed part of what
The acre-foot is a non-SI unit of volume equal to about 1,233 m3 commonly used in the western United States in reference to large-scale water resources
Siege of Acre, also Siege of Akka/Akko, may refer to: Siege of Acre (1103), first crusader attack Siege of Acre (1104), following the First Crusade Siege
The Hundred Acre Wood (also spelled as 100 Aker Wood, Hundred-Acre Wood, and 100 Acre Wood; also known as simply "The Wood") is a part of the fictional
years, from the accession of Godfrey of Bouillon in 1099 until the fall of Acre in 1291. Its history is divided into two periods with a brief interruption
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some kind, Middle English yard(e) (Old English geard; compare Garth).English : nickname from Middle English yard ‘rod’, ‘stick’ (Old English (Anglian) gerd), probably with reference to a rod or staff carried as a symbol of authority.English : from the same word as in 2, used to denote a measure of land. The surname probably denoted someone who held this quantity of land, and as it was quite a large amount (varying at different periods and in different places, but generally approximately 30 acres, a quarter of a hide), such a person would have been a reasonably prosperous farmer.
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American, Anglo, British, Christian, English
Dweller at the Acre Meadow; Place Name; Oak Meadow
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English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France, such as Belleu (Aisne), named in Old French with bel ‘beautiful’ + l(i)eu ‘place’, or from Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle), which is named with Old French bel ‘lovely’ + ewe ‘water’ (Latin aqua), or from Bellou (Calvados), which is probably named with a Gaulish word meaning ‘watercress’. Compare French Beaulieu.In 1651 a Major William Bellew was granted 406 acres of land in Henrico Co., VA. In 1652 Lieut. Col. Bellew (possibly the same man), with another, was granted 1050 acres in James City Co.
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English
English : habitational name from Halfacre in Northill, Cornwall, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a holding of a half acre of land.
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English
English : topographic name from Middle English lang, long ‘long’ + aker, acre ‘piece of tilled land’, or a habitational name from any of various minor places so named, such as Long Acre Farm, Tyne and Wear, or Long Acres Farm in North Yorkshire.
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English
English : patronymic meaning ‘son of Robert’, common in central England (see Dobb).Arthur Dobbs (1689–1765) was born at Castle Dobbs, Co. Antrim, Ireland. In 1745 he purchased 400,000 acres of land in NC and was selected as governor in 1754. He married twice and his second wife, wed when he was age 73, was a girl in her teens from NC.
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English
English : variant of Ralph.A Francis Rawle from the parish of St. Juliot in Cornwall, England, was recorded as living in Plymouth, MA, in 1660. Devout Quakers seeking to escape persecution, the family emigrated to PA in 1686, bringing with them a deed from William Penn for a tract of 2,500 acres of land, which was subsequently located in Plymouth township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Co. His son, who had six sons himself, was a political economist and one of the first people to write on the subject and its local applications in America.
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English
Dweller at the acre meadow.
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English
English : probably a variant of Acker or perhaps Ackary (see Acree).Possibly also an Americanized spelling of Norwegian Aakre, or German or Dutch Acker, or South German Egger.
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Dutch and German
Dutch and German : topographic name from Middle High German and Middle Dutch acker ‘(cultivated) field’, hence a byname for a peasant.English : topographic name for someone living by a piece of cultivated land, from Middle English aker ‘acre’, ‘field’ (Old English æcer). Compare Akers.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Acker ‘field’ (see 1).
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English (Kent and London)
English (Kent and London) : from Old French verge ‘half-acre’, hence a status name for the owner of that amount of land.Catalan (Vergé) : variant of Verger, topographic name from Catalan verger ‘orchard’ (Latin viridiarium)Catalan : possibly also a nickname from verge ‘maiden’ (Latin virgo ‘maiden’).
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Anglo Saxon
Owns four acres of land.
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English and Irish
English and Irish : variant spelling of Akers.
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English, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : topographic name for someone living by a piece of arable land, from the plural or genitive singular of Middle English aker ‘acre’, i.e. arable land.
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English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : variant of Ackerman.Americanized spelling of Dutch Ackerman or German Ackermann.
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English
English : habitational name from places in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire called Winthorpe. The former is named with the Old English personal name or byname Wine, meaning ‘friend’, + Old Norse þorp ‘settlement’. In the latter the first element is a contracted form of the Old English personal name Wigmund, composed of the elements wÄ«g ‘war’ + mund ‘protection’, or the Old Norse equivalent, VÃgmundr.John Winthrop (1588–1649) was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He kept a detailed journal, an invaluable source for historians. He was born into a family of Suffolk, England, gentry whose fortunes were founded by his grandfather Adam Winthrop (d. 1562) of Lavenham. In 1544 the latter acquired a 500-acre estate that had been part of the monastery of Bury St. Edmunds. John Winthrop emigrated from Groton, Suffolk, England, to Salem, MA, in 1630 because of Charles I’s anti-Puritan policies. By the time of his death he had had four wives and 16 children, the most notable of whom was his son John (1606–76), a scientist and governor of CT. His descendants were prominent in politics and science, including John Winthrop (1714–79), an astronomer, and Robert Winthrop (1809–94), a senator and speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Dutch
Dutch : occupational name from akkerman ‘plowman’; a frequent name in New Netherland in the 17th century. Later, it probably absorbed some cases of the cognate German and Swedish names, Ackermann and Åkerman respectively.English : from a medieval term denoting feudal status, Middle English akerman (Old English æcerman, from æcer ‘field, acre’ + man ‘man’). Typically, an ackerman was a bond tenant of a manor holding half a virgate of arable land, for which he paid by serving as a plowman. The term was also used generically to denote a plowman or husbandman.Variant of German and Jewish Ackermann.
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African, Australian, Chinese
Enough; This Name is Given to the Last Born
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Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Sindhi, Tamil
Onre with Lotus Like Eyes
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Hindu
Parting line, A white rose
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Italian
Italian form of Latin Crescentius, CRESCENZO means "to spring up, grow, thrive."
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Arthurian Legend
Kidnapped Guinevere.
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Celtic Welsh
Mythical son of Clud.
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English
English : ethnic name for someone from Prussia, Middle English Spruce, Sprewse. Compare German Preuss. The adjective spruce ‘neat’, ‘dapper’, which probably derives from an attributive use of the name of the country, is not recorded until the late 16th century, too late for it to be a likely source of the surname. The tree (earlier called spruce fir) has likewise only come to be known by this name in the last couple of centuries.
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English or Dutch
English or Dutch : variant of Boone.
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lamp of War
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Montbrai in La Manche, France, named in Old French as ‘mud hill’, from Old French mont ‘hill’ (see Mont 1) + brai ‘mud’, ‘slime’ (of Gaulish origin).
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n.
A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.
a.
Possessing much land.
n.
A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1 acres.
n.
The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
v. t.
To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground.
v. t.
To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
n.
A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
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A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate.
n.
A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres.
v. t.
The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.
n.
In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
a.
Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.
n.
A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English.
a.
Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce.
n.
Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine.
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A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.
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In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like.
n.
The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres.
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A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.
n.
Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.