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Gresley

Gresley proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Gresley (plural Gresleys)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Gresley

pluralGresleys

Origin of Gresley

Habitational surname from Church Gresley or Castle Gresley, two villages in Derbyshire, from Old English greōsn (“gravel”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Words formed from Gresley

Questions about Gresley

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

Words near Gresley in the dictionary

  1. Greshan
  2. Greshes
  3. Gresik
  4. Gresko
  5. Greskos
  6. Gresley
  7. Gresleys
  8. Gressett
  9. Gressetts
  10. Gressingham duck
  11. Gressingham ducks

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