Fleming Definition

flĕmĭng
noun
A person born or living in Flanders.
Webster's New World
A Belgian who speaks Flemish.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Ian Lancaster Fleming
  • Ian Fleming
  • sir alexander fleming
  • Alexander Fleming
pronoun

An English surname​.

Wiktionary

Ian Fleming, English writer.

Wiktionary

Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Fleming

Noun

Singular:
Fleming
Plural:
flemings

Origin of Fleming

  • Middle English flameng, from late Old English Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, from Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (cf. West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz ‘flowing, current (water)’ and the patronymic suffix -ing ‘belonging to, descended from’. More at Flanders.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Middle Dutch Vlāming

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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