English Explanatory Dictionary

Cawthorne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2807).
  3. A small settlement (and site of Cawthorne Camp) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7789).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Cawthorne Cawthornes Cothran Corthorn Cauthorn Cawthrone Cawthorn Cawthron Cawthone Cawthon

Etymology

From Old English cald (“cold”) + þorn (“thornbush”).

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