English Explanatory Dictionary

Rufford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4615).
  3. A hamlet and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6465).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Rufford Ruffords

Etymology

From Old English rūh (“rough”) + ford (“ford”); compare the doublet Rufforth.

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