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Ditchburn

Ditchburn proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Ditchburn (plural Ditchburns)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Ditchburn

pluralDitchburns
alternative formDutchburn

Origin of Ditchburn

Habitational surname from a place near Alnwick, in Northumberland, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) + burna (“stream”).

Questions about Ditchburn

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

Words near Ditchburn in the dictionary

  1. ditch out
  2. ditch stonecrop
  3. ditch weed
  4. ditchable
  5. ditchbur
  6. Ditchburn
  7. Ditchburns
  8. ditchdigger
  9. ditchdiggers
  10. ditchdigging
  11. ditched

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