English Explanatory Dictionary

Gadsby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old Norse.
  2. A hamlet in County of Stettler No. 6, central Alberta, Canada.

Word forms

Gadsby Gadsbys

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Gaddesby, in Leicestershire, from Old Norse gaddr (“spur of land”) + býr (“settlement”).

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