English Explanatory Dictionary

Bretton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A suburb and civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1600).
  3. A hamlet in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2077).
  4. A village in Broughton and Bretton community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3563).
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Bretton Brettons

Etymology

From Old English Brett (“Briton”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Bretton Woods Broughton and Bretton Monk Bretton
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