Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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name
A placename:
A cathedral city in Staffordshire, England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A local government district of Staffordshire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename:
A rural settlement in Waikato, New Zealand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
Misspelling of Litchfield.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of burial ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: burial ground
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History
From Old English Liċetfeld, from Latin Letocetum, from a Proto-Brythonic place-name meaning "greywood" (cf. Welsh llwyd + coed), with feld (“field”) added later. There is no evidence to support the folk etymology that this placename is related to lich (“corpse”).
From lich + field.
