wykeham

What does wykeham mean?

wykeham means "English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404)".

How many syllables are in wykeham?

wykeham has 3 syllables and divides as wy-ke-ham under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for wykeham?

Close synonyms include William of Wykeham. 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 wykeham a common word?

wykeham is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for wykeham come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.