"Caxton" meaning in Middle English

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Proper name

Etymology: Possibly from Caxton, Cambridgeshire, from Old English Caustone (Domesday Book, 1086), from Cah (name of an Anglo-Saxon settler), Kakkr (Scandinavian personal name), or ker (“umbelliferous plants”) + tūn. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|Caustone}} Old English Caustone Head templates: {{head|enm|proper noun||{{{1}}}||{{{gen}}}|||head=}} Caxton, {{enm-proper noun}} Caxton
  1. a surname, equivalent to English Caxton Wikipedia link: Caxton, Cambridgeshire, Domesday Book
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