Lichfield

See also: lichfield

English

Etymology

From Old English Lyccid, from Common Brittonic, Letocetum, a placename meaning "greywood" + feld (“field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪt͡ʃfiːld/

Proper noun

Lichfield (countable and uncountable, plural Lichfields)

1. A placename:
   1. A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.
   2. A local government district in Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city.
   3. A rural settlement in the Waikato, New Zealand.
2. (countable) A surname.
   • 2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost‎^[1]:

     “He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.

3. Misspelling of Litchfield.

See also

• Litchfield

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