English Explanatory Dictionary

Bretherton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4720).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Bretherton Brethertons

Etymology

From Old English brēþer, dative form of brōþor (“brother”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). Compare Brotherton.

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