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Dowdeswell

Dowdeswell proper noun: a civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.

Proper noun

Dowdeswell (countable and uncountable, plural Dowdeswells)

  1. A civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.
  2. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Dowdeswell

pluralDowdeswells

Origin of Dowdeswell

From the unattested Old English personal name *Dogod + -s- + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Questions about Dowdeswell

What does Dowdeswell mean?
Dowdeswell means a civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.
What part of speech is Dowdeswell?
Dowdeswell is a proper noun.

Words near Dowdeswell in the dictionary

  1. Dowdalls
  2. Dowdell
  3. Dowdells
  4. Dowden
  5. Dowdens
  6. Dowdeswell
  7. Dowdeswells
  8. dowdied
  9. dowdied up
  10. dowdier
  11. dowdies

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