Meanings
proper noun
- A village in Westchester County, New York, on the Hudson River.
Plans were approved on February 21, 1920, for proposed extensions io the temporary sewage disposal plant serving the village of Briarcliff Manor.
1921, Annual Report of the State Department of Health of New York
Origin
briar + cliff (ancestral home of early settler)
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Briarcliff Manor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Briarcliff%20Manor
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