Etymology

Beresford

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Today it means: A surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English befer
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  1. Old English · derived frombefer“beaver”
  2. English todayBeresford

Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English befer (“beaver”) + ford (“ford”). The town in New Brunswick is named after military officer and politician William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768 - 1854).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbefer all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.