Pratt
English
Etymology
Probably from French pré (“meadow”), meaning a meadow dweller; from Old French prat, from Latin pratum. Another proposed source is Old English prætt (“trick, cunning, astute”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æt
Proper noun
Pratt
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- A city, the county seat of Pratt County, Kansas.
- A mountain in New Hampshire.
- A town in West Virginia.
Derived terms
References
- (etymology) The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, by George Fraser Black, New York Public Library: 1962, page 671.
- (etymology) Pratt, Prett, Pritt, in A Dictionary of English Surnames, by Percy Hide Reaney, Richard Middlewood Wilson, Routledge: 1991, page 360. →ISBN
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