Fulford

F4U1L1F4O1R1D2

proper noun

A suburban village and civil parish in the city of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6148).

OriginOld English fūl →
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Meanings

proper nounFulford (countable and uncountable, plural Fulfords)

plural Fulfords

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA suburban village and civil parish in the city of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6148).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Kingston St Mary parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2029).
    3. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9538).
    4. countableuncountableA village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
    5. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishfūl“dirty, muddy”
  2. EnglishFulford

From Old English fūl (“dirty, muddy”), in the definite form fūla + ford (“ford”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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