Exminster

E1X8M3I1N1S1T1E1R1

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9487).

OriginOld English Ex →
Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9487).

Origin

  1. Old EnglishEx“the river Exe”
  2. EnglishExminster

From Old English Ex (“the river Exe”) + mynster (“minster”), 'the minster by the river Exe'.

More words from Old English

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Exminster on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.