English Explanatory Dictionary

Bradshaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The name of some places in Northern England.
  2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7312).
  3. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0830).
  4. A hamlet in Longsdon parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9455).
  5. A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0514)
  6. A habitational surname from Old English derived from these places.
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  9. A village in York County, Nebraska.
  10. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County and Roanoke County, Virginia.
  11. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
  12. A town in McDowell County, West Virginia.
noun
  1. A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw. Publication ceased in May 1961.
verb
  1. To navigate by following railway lines.

Word forms

Bradshaw Brayshaw Bradshaws Bradshawing Bradshawed

Etymology

From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.

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