English Explanatory Dictionary

Broxton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish (served by Broxton and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4854).
  3. A small city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Broxton Broxtons

Etymology

From Old English burgæsn (“burial place”); the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.

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