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A surname of Scottish or Irish origin.
"Spiro Agnew served as U.S. Vice President under Richard Nixon."
How to Use Agnew
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA Scottish or Irish surname, known in the U.S. through Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Word Forms
Agnews plural
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Etymology
Either a Scottish habitational surname from the Norman village of Agneaux, or an anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Gnímh.