English Explanatory Dictionary

Langhorne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A borough of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Word forms

Langhorne Langhornes

Etymology

From Middle English lang (“long”) + horn (“horn”), a nickname for a horn blower or possibly a cuckhold, or it may have referred to some physical characteristic. It could also be a variant of Langthorne, a habitational surname.

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