English Explanatory Dictionary

Cleator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Cleator Moor parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0113).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Cleator Cleators

Etymology

From Old Norse klettr (“rock, cliff”) + erg (“shieling”), because of the presence of an outcrop of limestone cliffs near the village.

Derived words

Cleator Moor
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