Word.ws English Dictionary

Marbury

Marbury proper noun: a village in Marbury and District parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, previously in Marbury cum Quoisley parish (OS grid ref SJ560457).

Proper noun

Marbury (countable and uncountable, plural Marburys)

  1. A village in Marbury and District parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, previously in Marbury cum Quoisley parish (OS grid ref SJ560457).
  2. A census-designated place in Autauga County, Alabama, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Marbury

pluralMarburys
alternative formMarberry

Origin of Marbury

From Old English mere (“pool, lake”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Words formed from Marbury

Questions about Marbury

What does Marbury mean?
Marbury means a village in Marbury and District parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, previously in Marbury cum Quoisley parish (OS grid ref SJ560457).
What part of speech is Marbury?
Marbury is a proper noun.

Words near Marbury in the dictionary

  1. Marburg virus disease
  2. Marburger
  3. Marburgers
  4. marburgvirus
  5. marburgviruses
  6. Marbury
  7. Marbury and District
  8. Marburys
  9. Marbut
  10. Marbuts
  11. marc

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Marbury (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Marbury.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/marbury. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.