Grover

See also: grover and GROVER

English

Etymology

grove +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Grover

  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Popular in the USA in the 1880s and 1890s when Grover Cleveland was President.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Weld County, Colorado.
    2. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas.
    3. An abandoned town in Fremont Township, Winona County, Minnesota.
    4. An unincorporated community in Seward County, Nebraska.
    5. A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
    6. A census-designated place in Dorchester County, South Carolina.
    7. An unincorporated community in Codington County, South Dakota.
    8. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Utah.
    9. A town in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
    10. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
    11. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.

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