English Explanatory Dictionary

Milbourne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in Ponteland parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1175).
  3. A hamlet in St Paul Malmesbury Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9487).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Milbourne Milbournes Milbourn

Etymology

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, bourn”); compare the doublets Milburn and Melbourne.

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