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The '''Noakes''' family (plural ''Nokeses'') were working-class [[hobbits]].<ref>{{FR|Party}}</ref> | The '''Noakes''' family (plural ''Nokeses'') were working-class [[hobbits]].<ref>{{FR|Party}}</ref> | ||
[[Old Noakes]] was a resident of [[Bywater]]. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as ''atten oke'' "at the oak".<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 761</ref> | Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as ''atten oke'' "at the oak".<ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 761</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 03:19, 13 May 2021
The Noakes family (plural Nokeses) were working-class hobbits.[1]
Old Noakes was a resident of Bywater.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as atten oke "at the oak".[2]
