Drayton

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/ˈdɹeɪ.tən/

proper noun

A suburban area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU672860).

OriginMiddle English Drayton ← Old English Drægtūn ← Proto-Brythonic *treβ →
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Meanings

proper nounDrayton (countable and uncountable, plural Draytons)

plural Draytons

  1. Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:
    1. countableuncountableA suburban area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU672860).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP830922).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG185135).
    4. countableuncountableA suburb of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5662).
    5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4241).
    6. countableuncountableA village and civil parish near Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire.
    7. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST404248).
    8. countableuncountableA hamlet in Chaddesley Corbett parish, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO906760).
    9. countableuncountableA locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.
    10. countableuncountableA community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
    11. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dooly County, Georgia, United States.
    12. countableuncountableA city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
    13. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Proto-Brythonic*treβ“town, settlement”
  2. Old EnglishDrægtūn
  3. Middle EnglishDrayton
  4. EnglishDrayton

From Middle English Drayton, from Old English Drægtūn (literally “town where logs are dragged”), from draġan (“to draw, drag”) + tūn (“enclosure, town”). Alternatively from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“town, settlement”) + Old English tūn.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Drayton

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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