English Explanatory Dictionary

Hertford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).
  2. A town, the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. Ellipsis of Hertford College, Oxford.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑːtfəd/ /ˈhɑːfəd/ /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/

Word forms

Hertford

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.

Derived words

Hertford County Hertfordshire
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