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Brearton

Brearton proper noun: a village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE322610).

Proper noun

Brearton (countable and uncountable, plural Breartons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE322610).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Brearton

pluralBreartons

Origin of Brearton

From Old English brǣr (“briar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Brearton

What does Brearton mean?
Brearton means a village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE322610).
What part of speech is Brearton?
Brearton is a proper noun.

Words near Brearton in the dictionary

  1. breare
  2. Brearley
  3. Brearleys
  4. Brears
  5. Brearses
  6. Brearton
  7. Breartons
  8. Breas
  9. breast
  10. breast augmentation
  11. breast augmentations

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