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Tuxford

Tuxford proper noun: a village and civil parish with a town council in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7370).

Proper noun

Tuxford

  1. A village and civil parish with a town council in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7370).
  2. A village in the Rural Municipality of Marquis, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. A surname.

Origin of Tuxford

Partly uncertain. Oldest Domesday Book attestation is Tuxfarne. The first element is likely the Old English personal name *Tuk (modern day Tuck/Tucker), genitive singular *Tukes. The second element is now ford, but this is clearly a reinterpretation from the second earliest attested form Tuxforne (with vowel mutation), which leaves the original -farne element still unexplained. The modern form is equivalent to Tuck's ford.

Questions about Tuxford

What does Tuxford mean?
Tuxford means a village and civil parish with a town council in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7370).
What part of speech is Tuxford?
Tuxford is a proper noun.

Words near Tuxford in the dictionary

  1. tuxedoclad
  2. tuxedoed
  3. tuxedoes
  4. tuxedos
  5. tuxes
  6. Tuxford
  7. tuxie
  8. tuxied
  9. tuxies
  10. Tuxtla
  11. Tuxtla quail-dove

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