English Explanatory Dictionary

Shaftesbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623).
  2. A community and ward in Newport, Wales.
  3. An English earldom.

Pronunciation

shăftsʹbrĭ /ˈʃæftsbɹɪ/

Word forms

Shaftesbury

Etymology

From Old English Sċeaftesburg.

Derived words

Shaftesburian Shaftesburyan
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