English Explanatory Dictionary

Wraxall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A civil parish in Dorset, England.
  2. A hamlet in Ditcheat parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6036).
  3. A village in Wraxall and Failand parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4971).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Wraxall Wraxalls

Etymology

From a lost Old English word *wrocc (“buzzard”), perhaps used as a personal name, + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”). Compare the doublet Wroxall.

Derived words

Higher Wraxall Lower Wraxall North Wraxall South Wraxall Upper Wraxall
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