Etymology

hudd

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Today it means: A portable wooden graveside shelter, typically resembling a sentry box, formerly used in England to protect the officiating clergyman from bad weather during a burial service. Full definition →

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hudd · noun1

Unknown. Sometimes connected with hood, but this derivation is uncertain.

Hudd · proper noun2

From a Middle English given name derived from Hugh and probably merged with an Old English given name Hūda.

Hudd · proper noun3

Shortened form of Huddersfield created by taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.

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