English Explanatory Dictionary

Poston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States.

Word forms

Poston Postons

Etymology

Two main origins: * Topographic surname for someone who lived near a poster or back gate, from Old French posterne (“postern”). * Habitational surname from a minor place in Shropshire, from an Old English personal name *Possa + þorn (“thorn”).

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