English Explanatory Dictionary

Warter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8650).
  2. A surname.

Word forms

Warter

Etymology

The village is from Old English weargtrēow (“gallows”, literally “tree of the felon”). Or, from wearrtrēow (“callused tree”), from wearr + trēow. The surname derives from the place. The surname is sometimes confused with Water.

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