Buck
Pronunciation: /bʌk/
The English word “Buck” has 1 meaning listed here.
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Etymology
* For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck. * Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech). * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart. * As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from…
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