Root

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English

Proper noun

Root

  1. Lua error in Module:names at line 629: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template from a byname from Middle English rote (“glad”).
    • 1969, The Critical Survey (volume 4, page 3)
      In July this year, Mrs. Betty Root, who is in charge of the reading centre at Reading University's Institute of Education, reported 'that there are now more backward readers than ever, in spite of the large number of teaching methods now available'.
  2. Lua error in Module:names at line 629: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template for a rote (medieval guitar)-player.
  3. Lua error in Module:names at line 629: dot= and nodot= are no longer supported in Template:surname because a trailing period is no longer added by default; if you want it, add it explicitly after the template for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten (“to ret”)).
  4. A town in Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
  5. A town in New York, United States; named for lawyer and politician Erastus Root.
  6. A river in Minnesota, United States; named as a translation of its native Dakota name.
  7. A river in Wisconsin, United States.

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Root n (proper noun, strong, genitive Roots)

  1. A municipality of Lucerne, Switzerland.
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