English Explanatory Dictionary

Linstead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A town in Saint Catherine parish, Jamaica.

Word forms

Linstead Linsteads

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Linstead Magna and Linstead Parva, in Suffolk, from Old English līn (“flax”) or hlin (“maple tree”) + stede (“place”).

Related words

Linstead Magna Linstead Parva
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