English Explanatory Dictionary

Saxton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village in Saxton with Scarthingwell parish, Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4736).
  3. A suburb of Nelson, New Zealand.
  4. An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States.
  6. A borough of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Saxton Saxtons

Etymology

From Old English Seaxe (“Saxons”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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