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Stock.

A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ6998).

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Meaning & usage

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  1. A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ6998).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A surname.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Diminutive of Stockton (“personal name”).

    countable · diminutive · form-of · uncountable
Where this word comes from

* As an English surname, from the noun stock (“stock, tree stump”). This sense is also found respectively in Dutch and German, and Slavic borrowings of them. Compare Stocker. * Also as an English surname, variant of Stoker. * (Stockton): Clipping of Stockton.

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