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bretherton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
brether-ton
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4720).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English brēþer, dative form of brōþor (“brother”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). Compare Brotherton.

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Inflected Forms

Brethertons (plural)

Questions

What does bretherton mean?
A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4720).
Where does bretherton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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