English Explanatory Dictionary

Bradner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Wood County, Ohio, United States.

Word forms

Bradner Bradners

Etymology

Two main origins: * English habitational surname from a place called Bradnor Hill, in Herefordshire, named with Old English brādan, dative form of brād (“broad, wide”), + ōra (“hill slope”). * An altered spelling of South German Brettner, an occupational surname for someone who cut shingles or boards.

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