name
Briscoe
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A surname of Old Norse origin, and the name of small communities in England and the United States.
"Briscoe was a common name among the early settlers."
Word Forms
Briscoes plural
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Etymology
From Old Norse bretar ("Britons") or birki ("birch") plus skógr ("wood").