Dunstan
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Dunstan
Where it comes from
From the name of a 10th century Archbishop of Canterbury, from Old English dunn (“dark”) + stān (“stone”).
proper noun
- A male given name from Old English. "Let me do one thing more for you," she said. "Let me rename you. How on earth did you ever get yourself called Dunstable?" "My mother's maiden name," said I. "Lots of people in Canada get landed with their mother's maiden name as a Christian name. But what's wrong with it?" "It's hard to say, for o
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Talk about this word "Dunstan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dunstan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Dunstan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dunstan "Dunstan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dunstan.Cite this
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title = {Dunstan},
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