Guilford

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proper noun

A surname.

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Meanings

proper nounGuilford (countable and uncountable, plural Guilfords)

plural Guilfords

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA town in New Haven County, Connecticut.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana.
    4. countableuncountableA town in Piscataquis County, Maine.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
    6. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
    7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hill County, Montana.
    8. countableuncountableA town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Chenango County, New York.
    9. countableuncountableA town in Windham County, Vermont.
  3. countableuncountableA college in Greensboro, North Carolina; in full, Guilford College.
  4. countableuncountableA former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. countablemisspellinguncountableMisspelling of Guildford.

Origin

Presumably a variant of Guildford.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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