Grover
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈɡɹoʊvɚ//
A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
proper noun
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A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
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A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the USA in the 1880s and 1890s when Grover Cleveland was President.
He also became the second president ever to win election to the office nonconsecutively, after Grover Cleveland.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Weld County, Colorado.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: An abandoned town in Fremont Township, Winona County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Seward County, Nebraska.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Dorchester County, South Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Codington County, South Dakota.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Utah.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
Etymology
Etymology tree English grove Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English Grover From grove + -er.
Grover · A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
Groves · A surname.grow · To become larger, to increase in magnitude.Grow · A surname.