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Egerton

Egerton proper noun: a civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, with the settlement of Egerton Green (OS grid ref SJ5252).

Proper noun

Egerton (countable and uncountable, plural Egertons)

  1. A civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, with the settlement of Egerton Green (OS grid ref SJ5252).
  2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7114).
  3. A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9047).
  4. A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  5. A community in Southgate township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
  7. (countable) A male given name.

Forms of Egerton

pluralEgertons

Origin of Egerton

From the Old English personal name Ecgheard or Ecghere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Egerton

Questions about Egerton

What does Egerton mean?
Egerton means a civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, with the settlement of Egerton Green (OS grid ref SJ5252).
What part of speech is Egerton?
Egerton is a proper noun.

Words near Egerton in the dictionary

  1. egers
  2. egersis
  3. Egerson
  4. Egersund
  5. Egert
  6. Egerton
  7. Egertons
  8. Egerts
  9. egest
  10. egesta
  11. egested

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