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forrest
English
Etymology
English surname, from the noun en forest. Also adopted and translated from the word for "forest" in various other languages by settlers.
Proper noun
en topographical Middle English for someone who lived or worked in a royal forest (area of woodland reserved for hunting).
en July 19 2002 Damon Hack Boxing: Despite Not Having the Title, Mosley Garners Attention http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/19/sports/boxing-despite-not-having-the-title-mosley-garners-attention.html w:The New York Times 6 Jan 2014 Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing the shouts of supporters who want to get close to him. https://web.archive.org/web/20210106153145/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/19/sports/boxing-despite-not-having-the-title-mosley-garners-attention.html
en 2014 Eric L. Haralson Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century 497 Forrest later attacked Willis in New York, knocking him to the ground; lawsuits proliferated as Willis sued Forrest for assault, and Forrest countersued for libel.
en male surnames.
en town shire:Pref/Colac Otway south western s/Victoria c/Australia
Derived terms
en Forrest City
en Forrest County
en Forrest Gump
Anagrams
en eforrst Forster