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Antrobus

Antrobus proper noun: a village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6479).

Proper noun

Antrobus (countable and uncountable, plural Antrobuses)

  1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6479).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Antrobus

pluralAntrobuses

Origin of Antrobus

Apparently from either: * "within the woods", from the Norman French Entre-bois. (Eliding the last consonant verbally is only a latter-day variation in French originating in Paris.) * the Old Norse personal name Eindriði + buski (“bush, thicket”).

Questions about Antrobus

What does Antrobus mean?
Antrobus means a village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6479).
What part of speech is Antrobus?
Antrobus is a proper noun.

Words near Antrobus in the dictionary

  1. Antrim County
  2. antrin
  3. antro-
  4. antroba
  5. antrobuccal
  6. Antrobus
  7. Antrobuses
  8. antrochoanal
  9. antroconchopexy
  10. antrodiaetid
  11. antrodiaetids

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