English Explanatory Dictionary

Hogsett

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Norwegian.
  2. An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States.

Word forms

Hogsett Hogsetts Hogsed

Etymology

Americanized spelling of Norwegian Høgseth, from Old Norse heggsetr, from heggr (“bird cherry”) + setr (“dwelling”). The first element might instead be haugr (“hill mound”), which is found in the surname Haug.

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