Antrobus

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6479).

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Meanings

proper nounAntrobus (countable and uncountable, plural Antrobuses)

plural Antrobuses

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6479).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old Norse.

Origin

Apparently from either: * "within the woods", from the Norman French Entre-bois. (Eliding the last consonant verbally is only a latter-day variation in French originating in Paris.) * the Old Norse personal name Eindriði + buski (“bush, thicket”).

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APA

Antrobus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Antrobus

MLA

“Antrobus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Antrobus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Antrobus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Antrobus.

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