English Explanatory Dictionary

Ottery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The local name of Ottery St Mary.
  2. A river in Cornwall, England, which joins the River Tamar; in full, the River Ottery.
adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an otter.

Word forms

Ottery more ottery most ottery

Etymology

Presumably from Old English oter + ēa (“otter river”)

Synonyms

lutrine otterish otterlike
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