English Explanatory Dictionary

Cosby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495).
  2. A village in Andrew County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States.
  4. A habitational surname.

Word forms

Cosby Cosbys Cozby

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).

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