Bracebridge
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from the unattested Old English element *bræsċ (“twigs, underwood”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).
Proper noun
[edit]Bracebridge (countable and uncountable, plural Bracebridges)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A southern suburb of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9668).
- A suburb of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5979).
- A town in and the seat of the District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English
Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bracebridge is the 53243rd most common surname in England, belonging to 50 individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bracebridge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 211.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Suburbs in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Suburbs in Nottinghamshire, England
- en:Places in Nottinghamshire, England
- en:Towns in Ontario
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English