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Wolford

Wolford proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English. From the villages of Great and Little Wolford, in Warwickshire.

Proper noun

Wolford (countable and uncountable, plural Wolfords)

  1. A habitational surname from Old English. From the villages of Great and Little Wolford, in Warwickshire
  2. A city in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States.

Forms of Wolford

pluralWolfords

Origin of Wolford

From Old English wulf (“wolf”) + weard (“guard, protector”). The second element was at some point misanalyzed as ford.

Words formed from Wolford

Questions about Wolford

What does Wolford mean?
Wolford means a habitational surname from Old English. From the villages of Great and Little Wolford, in Warwickshire.
What part of speech is Wolford?
Wolford is a proper noun.

Words near Wolford in the dictionary

  1. wolfling
  2. wolflings
  3. wolfly
  4. wolfman
  5. wolfmen
  6. Wolford
  7. Wolfords
  8. wolfpack
  9. wolfpacked
  10. wolfpacking
  11. wolfpacks

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