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bridgwater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
bridg-wa-ter
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Bridgwaters (plural) Bridgewater (alternative)

Questions

What does bridgwater mean?
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).
Where does bridgwater come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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