"Cosby" meaning in English

See Cosby in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Cosbys [plural]
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{der|en|non|býr||farm; settlement}} Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Cosby (countable and uncountable, plural Cosbys)
  1. A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Leicestershire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Leicestershire, England
    Sense id: en-Cosby-en-name-ha0bDAcm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 40 38 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 40 38 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 40 38 2
  2. A village in Andrew County, Missouri, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States, Villages in Missouri, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Cosby-en-name-4i8wvAmr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 40 38 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 40 38 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 40 38 2
  3. A census-designated place in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. 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-Cosby-en-name-SymVYolv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 40 38 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 40 38 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 40 38 2
  4. A habitational surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Cosby-en-name-vgFdcRvx Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Cozby [surname]

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "býr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm; settlement"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Old English personal name Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cosbys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Cosby (countable and uncountable, plural Cosbys)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Civil parishes of England",
          "orig": "en:Civil parishes of England",
          "parents": [
            "Civil parishes",
            "Places",
            "Political subdivisions",
            "Names",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in England",
          "orig": "en:Places in England",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Leicestershire, England",
          "orig": "en:Places in Leicestershire, England",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in England",
          "orig": "en:Villages in England",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Leicestershire, England",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Leicestershire, England",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 40 38 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 40 38 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 40 38 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495)."
      ],
      "id": "en-Cosby-en-name-ha0bDAcm",
      "links": [
        [
          "civil parish",
          "civil parish"
        ],
        [
          "Blaby",
          "Blaby#English"
        ],
        [
          "Leicestershire",
          "Leicestershire#English"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England#English"
        ],
        [
          "OS",
          "OS"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Missouri, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Missouri, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in Missouri, USA",
          "orig": "en:Villages in Missouri, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Villages in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Villages in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 40 38 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 40 38 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 40 38 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Andrew County, Missouri, United States."
      ],
      "id": "en-Cosby-en-name-4i8wvAmr",
      "links": [
        [
          "Andrew County",
          "Andrew County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Missouri",
          "Missouri#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Census-designated places in Tennessee, USA",
          "orig": "en:Census-designated places in Tennessee, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Census-designated places",
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Census-designated places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Census-designated places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Census-designated places",
            "Places",
            "United States",
            "Names",
            "North America",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "America",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Earth",
            "Lemmas",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Tennessee, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Tennessee, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 40 38 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 40 38 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 40 38 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A census-designated place in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States."
      ],
      "id": "en-Cosby-en-name-SymVYolv",
      "links": [
        [
          "census-designated place",
          "census-designated place"
        ],
        [
          "Cocke County",
          "Cocke County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Tennessee",
          "Tennessee#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A habitational surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Cosby-en-name-vgFdcRvx",
      "links": [
        [
          "habitational",
          "habitational"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Cozby"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cosby"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English surnames from Old English",
    "English surnames from Old Norse",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "býr",
        "4": "",
        "5": "farm; settlement"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Old English personal name Cossa + Old Norse býr (“farm; settlement”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cosbys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Cosby (countable and uncountable, plural Cosbys)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Civil parishes of England",
        "en:Places in England",
        "en:Places in Leicestershire, England",
        "en:Villages in England",
        "en:Villages in Leicestershire, England"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5495)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "civil parish",
          "civil parish"
        ],
        [
          "Blaby",
          "Blaby#English"
        ],
        [
          "Leicestershire",
          "Leicestershire#English"
        ],
        [
          "England",
          "England#English"
        ],
        [
          "OS",
          "OS"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Missouri, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Villages in Missouri, USA",
        "en:Villages in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A village in Andrew County, Missouri, United States."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Andrew County",
          "Andrew County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Missouri",
          "Missouri#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Census-designated places in Tennessee, USA",
        "en:Census-designated places in the United States",
        "en:Places in Tennessee, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A census-designated place in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "census-designated place",
          "census-designated place"
        ],
        [
          "Cocke County",
          "Cocke County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Tennessee",
          "Tennessee#English"
        ],
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A habitational surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "habitational",
          "habitational"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "surname"
      ],
      "word": "Cozby"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cosby"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Cosby meaning in English (2.6kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.