crockett

1. 1.

   United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)

   SynonymsDavy CrockettDavid Crockett

   Broaderfrontiersmanpolitician

Other forms of crockett

plural

crocketts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crockett

What does crockett mean?

crockett means "United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)".

How many syllables are in crockett?

crockett has 2 syllables: croc-kett. The stress falls on "croc". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɑkɪt/.

What is another word for crockett?

Close synonyms include Davy Crockett, David Crockett. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crockett a common word?

crockett is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.