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Wrighton

Wrighton proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Wrighton (plural Wrightons)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Wrighton

pluralWrightons

Origin of Wrighton

Perhaps a habitational surname from Old English hryċġ (“ridge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), or from the village of Reighton, in North Yorkshire.

Questions about Wrighton

What does Wrighton mean?
Wrighton means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Wrighton?
Wrighton is a proper noun.

Words near Wrighton in the dictionary

  1. Wright-Giemsa stains
  2. Wrightian
  3. wrightine
  4. Wrightington
  5. Wrightman
  6. Wrighton
  7. Wrightons
  8. wrights
  9. Wrights Creek
  10. Wrightsman
  11. Wrightsmans

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