English Explanatory Dictionary

Breedon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Breedon Breedons Breeden

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Breedon on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the unattested Proto-Celtic word *brez (“hill”) (compare *brixs) + Old English dūn (“hill”).

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