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Homfray

Homfray proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Homfray

  1. A surname.
    • Trevithick's first use of steam traction on rail took place at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, on a tramroad 9¾ miles long between the Penydarren ironworks of Samuel Homfray, and the staithes at Abercynon, where the worked iron was loaded into barges on the Glamorganshire Canal.1951 March, E. W. Twining, “The First Railway Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 197

Questions about Homfray

What does Homfray mean?
Homfray means a surname.
What part of speech is Homfray?
Homfray is a proper noun.

Words near Homfray in the dictionary

  1. homeycides
  2. Homeyer
  3. Homeyers
  4. homeyness
  5. homeys
  6. Homfray
  7. homi
  8. homichlophobia
  9. homicidal
  10. homicidal necrophiliac
  11. homicidality

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