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It came into [[Middle English]] as a piece or plot of arable land, before being delineated as an area that could be ploughed (plowed) by a yoke (pair) of oxen in a day. Later statutes decided it should be 220 yards long by 22 yards broad although, centuries later, Shakespeare would not have been referring to particular measurements when he wrote ''between the acres of the rye these happy country folk would lie.'' ("As You Like It") The same would have applied to the [[Wiltshire]] folksong that surfaced in the mid nineteenth century: ''My father left me an acre of land.''

It came into [[Middle English]] as a piece or plot of arable land, before being delineated as an area that could be ploughed (plowed) by a yoke (pair) of oxen in a day. Later statutes decided it should be 220 yards long by 22 yards broad although, centuries later, Shakespeare would not have been referring to particular measurements when he wrote ''between the acres of the rye these happy country folk would lie.'' ("As You Like It") The same would have applied to the [[Wiltshire]] folksong that surfaced in the mid nineteenth century: ''My father left me an acre of land.''

The surname Ackerman (and its variations) means man who owns or works a plot of land.

The surname Ackerman (and its variations) means man who owns or works a plot of land.