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birthstead

birthstead noun: the place of one's birth, birthplace.

Noun

birthstead (plural birthsteads)

  1. (archaic, poetic) The place of one's birth, birthplace.
    • For the sun is truly the birthstead of the whole earth.1985, Patricia Dreier, A Pocketful of Joys, page 32

Forms of birthstead

pluralbirthsteads
alternative formbirth-stead

Origin of birthstead

From Middle English birth-sted, equivalent to birth + stead (“place, location”).

Questions about birthstead

What does birthstead mean?
Birthstead means the place of one's birth, birthplace.
What part of speech is birthstead?
Birthstead is a noun.
What is the plural of birthstead?
The plural of birthstead is birthsteads.

Words near birthstead in the dictionary

  1. birthroot
  2. birthroots
  3. births
  4. birthsite
  5. birthsites
  6. birthstead
  7. birthsteads
  8. birthstone
  9. birthstones
  10. birthstool
  11. birthstools

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