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Plowden

Plowden proper noun: a surname.

plowden: a surname
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Proper noun

Plowden (countable and uncountable, plural Plowdens)

  1. A surname.
  2. A hamlet in Lydbury North parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3787), probably the origin of the surname.

Forms of Plowden

pluralPlowdens

Origin of Plowden

From Old English plega + denu, recorded as Plaueden in 1252.

Questions about Plowden

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

Words near Plowden in the dictionary

  1. plowbeam
  2. plowbeams
  3. plowbote
  4. plowboy
  5. plowboys
  6. Plowden
  7. Plowdens
  8. plowed
  9. plowed ahead
  10. plowed back
  11. plowed down

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