malley

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6

Definition of malley

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Irish.
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name

  1. A surname from Irish.

noun

  1. (India, obsolete)A gardener.
    “[…] not one-third of the work was done under the direction of the Garden Purvoe and Head Malley only, […]”
    “[…] a Gora-walla, or groom for every horse, and, according to the extent of the garden, from one to six Malleys, or gardeners.”

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Etymology

* As an Irish surname, shortened form of O'Malley. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in France named Mailly, from Latin Mallius, a nomen. *…

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* As an Irish surname, shortened form of O'Malley. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in France named Mailly, from Latin Mallius, a nomen. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, Americanized from Mlej; see Malay. Similar Slavic variants exist such as Polish Mały, Czech and Slovak Malý, Slovene Malý; see Maly. * Also as a Slovene and Slovak surname, from Malej; see Maley.

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