Etymology

Bedford

Bed·ford
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Today it means: A truck, van, and bus and coach chassis formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors. Full definition →

Middle English Bedforde ← Old English Bedaford
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromBedaford
  2. Middle English · inherited fromBedforde
  3. English todayBedford

From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford. The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

First known use, by meaning

  • From 1765 A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island.

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