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Jackman

Jackman

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A last name that some people have
  • proper noun
  • /ˈdʒæk.mən/
translation icon : Jackman
  • Did someone say the Australian actor, Hugh Jackman, would have the right accent?!
  • Jackman et al.
  • Jackman 1978
  • Jackman 1989

He was the director of The Father that stars Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern.

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Surface Forms

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Morphology

Jackman = Jack + man (opaque) = Jack + man

The surname is structurally analysable as 'Jack' + 'man', but its current meaning as a family name is not compositionally predictable from those parts.

Etymology

Jackman is a family name made from Jack, a common English name, and man ('man' or 'person'). It originally meant 'the man of Jack', someone who was a son, worker, or follower of a man called Jack, which is why Jackman is used today as a surname.