English Explanatory Dictionary

Axford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A hamlet in Nutley parish and Preston Candover parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU610433).
  3. A hamlet in Ramsbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2370).
  4. A community in the Rural Municipality of Brokenshell No. 68, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. An unincorporated community in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Axford Axfords

Etymology

From a metathesised form of Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + ford (“ford”).

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