name
Meaning 1
A characteristical surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
Telford
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name
Meaning 2
A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford (OS grid ref SJ7008).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A locality in the Shire of Moira, Victoria, Australia.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A place in the United States:
A borough in Bucks County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named after Thomas Telford.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, named after state senator George Whitfield Telford.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington, named after cattleman M. A Telford.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, uncountable
Examples
- a Telford road
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History
Etymology
From Old French taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'. * (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.