English Explanatory Dictionary

Entwistle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A village in North Turton parish, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7217).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Entwistle Entwistles

Etymology

From either Old English henn (“hen”) or ened (“duck”) + twisel (“fork; bifurcation”).

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