Duxbury

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

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Meanings

proper nounDuxbury (countable and uncountable, plural Duxburys)

plural Duxburys

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Old English.
  2. countableuncountableA town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.

    Clancy, a former neonatal and delivery nurse, had been accused of strangling her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, in the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023.

    2026 September 4, Edward Helmore, Maya Yang, “Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlocked again”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2026
  3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. countableuncountableA town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.

Origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Deowuc or Ducca + -s- + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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