Featherstone

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England.

OriginMiddle English featherston ← Old English feoþerstān →
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Meanings

proper nounFeatherstone (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstones)

plural Featherstones

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in south-west Northumberland, England.
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Featherstone and Brinsford Parish Council) in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9306).
    3. countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4220).
    4. countableuncountableA township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Prince William County, Virginia, United States.
  2. countableA surname.

    "The phone was ringing in the package," explains Commander Andy Featherstone, the Metropolitan police's lead on mobile phone theft.

    2026 September 25, Sonja Jessup, “How 'largest phone smuggling network' was uncovered”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2026, retrieved 25 Sep 2026

Origin

  1. Old Englishfiþer-“four”
  2. Old Englishfeoþerstān
  3. Middle Englishfeatherston
  4. EnglishFeatherstone

From Middle English featherston, fetherstane, from Old English feoþerstān, fiþerstān (literally “four-stone”), from Old English fiþer- (“four”) + stān (“stone”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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