proper noun

Shackleton

proper noun

A surname, most famously belonging to Ernest Shackleton, the British Antarctic explorer.

"Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica became a legendary tale of survival."

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In plain EnglishBest known today as the surname of the famous polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Shackletons plural

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A habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, England.

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