English Explanatory Dictionary

Bushby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Thurnby and Bushby parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6504).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Bushby Bushbys

Etymology

From either an Old Norse personal name Butr or Old Norse buskr (“bush, shrub”) + býr (“settlement”).

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