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Bridgwater

Bridgwater proper noun: a market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).

Proper noun

Bridgwater (countable and uncountable, plural Bridgwaters)

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Bridgwater

pluralBridgwaters
alternative formBridgewater

Origin of Bridgwater

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.

Questions about Bridgwater

What does Bridgwater mean?
Bridgwater means a market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).
What part of speech is Bridgwater?
Bridgwater is a proper noun.

Words near Bridgwater in the dictionary

  1. bridgmanite
  2. bridgmanites
  3. Bridgmans
  4. Bridgnorth
  5. Bridgton
  6. Bridgwater
  7. Bridgwaters
  8. bridi
  9. bridie
  10. bridies
  11. briding

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