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Dewitt
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Dewitt DeWitt de Witt De Witt
English
Alternative forms
en DeWitt
en De Witt
Etymology
From en nl de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.
Proper noun
s
en Dutch.
en male surnames.
en locality in the carea/MidCoast eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census (not recording the use of punctuation marks or capitals), DEWITT is the 1338th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26348 individuals. DEWITT is most common among White (87.58%) individuals.
Verb
en transitive obsolete To lynch.
Anagrams
en deittw witted
en eponyms