Bretton

B3R1E1T1T1O1N1

proper noun

A suburb and civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1600).

OriginOld English Brett →
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Meanings

proper nounBretton (countable and uncountable, plural Brettons)

plural Brettons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA suburb and civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1600).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2077).
    3. countableuncountableA village in Broughton and Bretton community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3563).
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishBrett“Briton”
  2. EnglishBretton

From Old English Brett (“Briton”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Bretton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bretton

MLA

“Bretton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bretton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bretton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bretton.

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