English Explanatory Dictionary

Freemantle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4012).
  2. A locality in the Bathurst council area, central eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A surname from Old French.

Word forms

Freemantle Freemantles Fremantle

Etymology

From French Fromental (“a place name, a commune in Limousin, France”), from Old French froit (“cold”) + mantel (“cloak, mantle”). The suburb in Hampshire is named after the French village.

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