"Telford" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Audio: En-uk-Telford.ogg Forms: Telfords [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{sense|road}} (road): Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Telford (countable and uncountable, plural Telfords)
  1. (countable) A surname. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Telford-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford (OS grid ref SJ7008). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Shropshire, England, Towns in England, Towns in Shropshire, England
    Sense id: en-Telford-en-name-P5B-57FX
  3. A locality in the Shire of Moira, Victoria, Australia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Victoria, Villages in Australia, Villages in Victoria
    Sense id: en-Telford-en-name-EidcKdd3
  4. A place in the United States:
    A borough in Bucks County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named after Thomas Telford.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Telford-en-name-IV80supY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 17 5 38 16 16 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 19 3 44 12 12 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 18 5 44 12 12 7
  5. A place in the United States:
    A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, named after state senator George Whitfield Telford.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Census-designated places in Tennessee, USA, Census-designated places in the United States, Places in Tennessee, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Telford-en-name-9NHrgnKZ
  6. A place in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington, named after cattleman M. A Telford.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Washington, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Washington, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Telford-en-name-CDBJDkHS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Talford [surname], Telfort [surname] Derived forms: Telford and Wrekin, Telfordian

Noun [English]

Audio: En-uk-Telford.ogg
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. Etymology templates: {{sense|road}} (road): Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Telford (uncountable)
  1. (attributive) 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. Tags: attributive, uncountable Derived forms: Telfordization, Telfordize Coordinate_terms: asphalt, asphalt concrete, cobble, cobblestone, concrete, gravel, macadam, tar, tarmac, tarmacadam
    Sense id: en-Telford-en-noun-2QkOcMqL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Talford [surname], Telfort [surname]

Inflected forms

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