English Explanatory Dictionary

Holdsworth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0828).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Holdsworth Holdsworths Holsworth Houldsworth

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Halda + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

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