English Explanatory Dictionary

Warboys

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːbɔɪz/

Word forms

Warboys Warboyses Worboise Worboyes Worboys

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Wardeboys; the placename is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wardebusc, suggesting a derivation from Old Norse varði (“beacon; landmark”) + buskr (“brushwood, bush”).

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