fforde

English

Etymology

A variant of Forde/Ford: in some blackletter typefaces, capital F looked like (and was later taken to be) two lowercase fs. Compare ffrench.

Proper noun

fforde

1. A surname: compare Fforde.
   • 2017, Sarah Winterton, The Wintertons Unmuzzled: The Life & Times of Nick & Ann Winterton, Two Westminster Mavericks, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:

     [...] his 'crime' was discovered, was summoned to see the headmaster, Sir Arthur fforde. It could potentially have been a flogging offence, but the headmaster, bizarrely, offered him a glass of nonalcoholic sherry. It no doubt helped that fforde, like [...]

Usage notes

• Capitalisation and spelling sic.

Anagrams

• doffer, offer'd, offred