English Explanatory Dictionary

Burton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A locality in Navajo County, Arizona.
  5. A former town in Rabun County, Georgia, now submerged.
  6. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
  7. An unincorporated community, census-designated place, and township in Adams County, Illinois.
  8. A township in McHenry County, Illinois.
  9. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
  10. A city in Genesee County, Michigan.
  11. An unincorporated community in Owosso Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
  12. A township in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
noun
  1. An arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
  2. Storage of cargo athwartships.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɜː.tən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Burton.wav /ˈbɝ.tən/

Word forms

Burton burtons

Etymology

Usually from Old English burhtun (fortified farmstead, farmstead near or belonging to a stronghold or manor), from burh + tun.

Related words

aburton

Derived words

Bishop Burton Burton Agnes Burton and Dalby Burton and Winkton Burton Bradstock Burton-by-Lincoln Burton Coggles Burton Constable Burton-cum-Walden Burton Dassett Burtonesque Burton Green Burton Hastings Burton-in-Kendal Burton in Lonsdale Burtonization Burtonize Burton Joyce Burton Latimer Burton Lazars Burton-on-Trent Burtonport Burton Salmon Burton upon Stather Burton upon Trent Cherry Burton Constable Burton Duddon and Burton go for a burton West Burton Spanish burton
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