Hungerford

H4U1N1G2E1R1F4O1R1D2

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

proper nounHungerford (countable and uncountable, plural Hungerfords)

plural Hungerfords

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3368).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8274).
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Hyde parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).
    4. countableuncountableA hamlet in Munslow parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5389).
    5. countableuncountableA hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST0440).
    6. countableuncountableA settlement in Tweed municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
    7. countableuncountableA township in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
    8. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States, named after Daniel E. Hungerford.
    9. countableuncountableA locality situated on the New South Wales-Queensland border, located in the Shire of Bulloo in south-western Queensland and the Bourke council area in north-western New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Hungerford.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhungor“hunger, famine”
  2. EnglishHungerford

From Old English hungor (“hunger, famine”) + ford (“ford”), a name which probably denoted an unproductive or barren land.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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