hodge
UK/hɒd͡ʒ//hɑd͡ʒ/
hodge noun: a rustic; a country person.
Noun
hodge (plural hodges)
Proper noun capitalized: Hodge
Hodge (countable and uncountable, plural Hodges)
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Used generically as a name for a male farmer, irrespective of their actual name.
- A farmer in Hampshire was sorely distressed by the unsettling of his barn. [...] Resolved to find out who played him these mischievous pranks, Hodge couched himself one night deeply among the sheaves, and watched for the enemy.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 305
- An unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California.
- A village in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Missouri.
hodge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
hodge in Hindi
- हॉज, होज
hodge in Tamil
- ஹோட்ஜ், ஹாட்ஜ்
hodge in Marathi
- हॉज, होज
hodge in Bengali
- হোজ
More languagesFewer languages
- hodge in Telugu
- హాడ్జ్, హోడ్జ్
- hodge in Malayalam
- ഹോഡ്ജ്, ഹോജ്
- hodge in Kannada
- ಹಾಡ್ಜ್
- hodge in Punjabi
- ਹੋਜ
- hodge in Gujarati
- હોજ
- hodge in Nepali
- होज, हड्ज
Forms of hodge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hodges |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hodges |
Origin of hodge
From the name Hodge, from Roger.
From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Roger. The substitution of H for R is common in English words derived from Norman French.
Words formed from hodge
Phrases with hodge
Words that rhyme with hodge
Questions about hodge
- What does hodge mean?
- Hodge means a rustic; a country person.
- What is hodge in Hindi?
- Hodge in Hindi is हॉज, होज. See Hodge meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hodge?
- Hodge can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hodge?
- Hodge is pronounced /hɒd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hodge?
- The plural of hodge is hodges.
Words near hodge in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hodge (page history and authors); Hodge (page history and authors); hodge (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hodge (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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