English Explanatory Dictionary

Pewsey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1660).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Pewsey Pewseys

Etymology

From the unrecorded Old English personal name *Pefi + -s- + īeġ (“island; well-watered land”).

Derived words

Vale of Pewsey
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