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Bruton

Bruton proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, on the River Brue, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6834).

Proper noun

Bruton

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, on the River Brue, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6834).
  2. A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. An English surname originating as an occupation.

Origin of Bruton

From Brue (river) + -ton.

Words formed from Bruton

Questions about Bruton

What does Bruton mean?
Bruton means a town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, on the River Brue, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6834).
What part of speech is Bruton?
Bruton is a proper noun.

Words near Bruton in the dictionary

  1. brutishness
  2. brutishnesses
  3. brutism
  4. brutisms
  5. brutist
  6. Bruton
  7. Bruton's tyrosine kinase
  8. Brutosky
  9. Bruttium
  10. brutum fulmen
  11. Brutus

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