English Explanatory Dictionary

Oglethorpe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old Norse.
  2. A small city, the county seat of Macon County, Georgia, United States.

Word forms

Oglethorpe Oglethorpes

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, Bramham cum Oglethorpe, so called from the Old Norse personal name Oddketill + thorpe. The personal name is composed by the elements odd (“point of a weapon”) + ketill (“cauldron”).

Derived words

Bramham cum Oglethorpe Oglethorpe County
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