Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A garden.

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  • proper noun A habitational surname.
  • proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymologies

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Various place names in England, Old English leac ("leek") + tun ("settlement"), also in the sense of a herb garden.

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