English Explanatory Dictionary

Throckmorton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename:
  2. A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9849).
  3. A town, the county seat of Throckmorton County, Texas, United States.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Throckmorton Throckmortons Throgmorton

Etymology

Possibly from Old English þroc (“beam bridge”) + mere (“pool”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Throckmorton County
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