English Explanatory Dictionary

Duxbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.

Word forms

Duxbury Duxburys

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Deowuc or Ducca + -s- + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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