English Explanatory Dictionary

Hurston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɜː.stən/ /ˈhɝ.stən/

Word forms

Hurston Hurstons

Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English heorot (“hart”) or hyrst (“wooded hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or þorn (“thornbush”).

Derived words

Hurstonian
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