English Explanatory Dictionary

Rudge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. A hamlet and civil parish (served by Worfield and Rudge Parish Council) in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SP8197).
  3. A hamlet in Beckington parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8251).
  4. A locality in Froxfield parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2769).
noun
  1. A partridge.

Word forms

Rudge Rudges

Etymology

From dialectal Middle English rugge (“ridge”), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge (“red”).

Related words

Ruggles
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