Wilberforce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English surname from Old English, most common in Yorkshire.
  2. William Wilberforce, English politician and abolitionist.
  3. A place name:
  4. A small town in the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A community in Highlands East municipality, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A census-designated place in Greene County, Ohio, United States, named after William Wilberforce.
  7. A neighbourhood of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Word forms

Wilberforce

Etymology

From Old English Wilburg + foss (“ditch”); Wilburg was a female given name from wil (“will”) + burg (“fortress”).

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