Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

childer thornton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
childer thorn-ton
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Childer is from cildra, genitive plural of Old English cild, referring to the young monks of St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester.

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Word Breakdown

Questions

What does childer thornton mean?
A village next to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3677).
Where does childer thornton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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