English Explanatory Dictionary

Boreham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in the city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7509).
  2. A former hamlet, now a suburb of Warminster, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8844).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Boreham Borehams

Etymology

From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

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