English Explanatory Dictionary

Deighton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ3801).
  3. A small village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6244).
  4. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1619).
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Deighton Deightons Dayton

Etymology

From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Ditton.

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