English Explanatory Dictionary

Staplehurst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A large village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7843).
  3. A village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. A community in the County of Vermilion River, Alberta, Canada.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Staplehurst Staplehursts

Etymology

From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + hyrst (“wooded hillock”).

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