English Explanatory Dictionary

Desborough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering borough (OS grid ref SP8083).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Desborough Desboroughs Disbrow Disbrowe

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Deor + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

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