name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
creach
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CMU ARPABET: K R IY1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
an incursion for plunder, raid, forray
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Usage: Ireland, Scotland
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noun
Meaning 3
booty, prey
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verb
Meaning 4
To raid, to plunder.
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Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
* Variant of Creech. * Americanized spelling of German Krietsch. * Borrowed from French Créac'h, itself from Breton.
From Irish and Scottish Gaelic creach.