English Explanatory Dictionary

Washbrook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Copdock and Washbrook civil parish, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1142).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Washbrook Washbrooks

Etymology

From either Old English wæsce (“a place for washing”) or wæsc (“washing, flood”) + brōc (“brook, stream”).

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