English Explanatory Dictionary

endware

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hamlet or township; a small settlement or locality.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛndˌwæːr/

Word forms

endware endwares

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *endeware, from Old English *endeware (literally “village people”), from ende (“end, extremity”) + -ware (“inhabitants”), metonymically extended from the inhabitants of a settlement to the settlement itself. Compare endship for a similar formation.

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