English Explanatory Dictionary

Dewhurst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
  3. A locality in the Shire of Cardinia, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

Word forms

Dewhurst Dewhursts Jewhurst

Etymology

Topographic surname from Lancashire, from Old English dēawig (“dewy”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

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