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Warter

Warter proper noun: a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8650).

Proper noun

Warter

  1. A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8650).
  2. A surname.

Origin of Warter

The village is from Old English weargtrēow (“gallows”, literally “tree of the felon”). Or, from wearrtrēow (“callused tree”), from wearr + trēow. The surname derives from the place. The surname is sometimes confused with Water.

Questions about Warter

What does Warter mean?
Warter means a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8650).
What part of speech is Warter?
Warter is a proper noun.

Words near Warter in the dictionary

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  4. Wartenberg's sign
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  8. warterns
  9. wartface
  10. wartfaces
  11. warth

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