English Explanatory Dictionary

Roxton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL154955).
  2. A township municipality in Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  3. A city in Lamar County, Texas, United States.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Roxton Roxtons

Etymology

Recorded as Rochesdone in the Domesday Book, the English village is named with the Old English personal name Hrōc, a byname from hrōc (“rook”), + -s- + dūn (“hill”).

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