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Bosworth

Bosworth proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Bosworth (countable and uncountable, plural Bosworths)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A city in Carroll County, Missouri, United States.

Forms of Bosworth

pluralBosworths

Origin of Bosworth

From Old English boswurþ (“cattle enclosure”), from *bōs (attested in derivative bōsih, bōsiġ, bōsg (“cattle-stall”)) + wurþ, weorþ, worþ (“an enclosed place”). See also boose.

Questions about Bosworth

What does Bosworth mean?
Bosworth means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Bosworth?
Bosworth is a proper noun.

Words near Bosworth in the dictionary

  1. Boswellizers
  2. Boswellizes
  3. Boswellizing
  4. Boswells
  5. Boswil
  6. Bosworth
  7. Bosworths
  8. bot
  9. bot farm
  10. bot flies
  11. bot fly

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