English Explanatory Dictionary

Dunsmore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hamlet in Ellesborough parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP861110).
  2. A hamlet in Clifton-upon-Dunsmore parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP5476).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Dunsmore Dunsmores

Etymology

From either: # Old English personal name Dunna + mōr (“moor”). # Old English dūn (“hill”), genitive singular dūnes + mōr (“moor”).

Related words

Clifton-upon-Dunsmore Stretton-on-Dunsmore
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