Jedburgh

J8E1D2B3U1R1G2H4
/ˈd͡ʒɛdbərə/

proper noun

A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6520).

Similar
Jeddart
UncommonScrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6520).

    Synonyms: Jeddart

  2. historicalgovernmentCode name for teams of three parachuted into Occupied Europe (primarily France, but also Holland and Belgium) beginning on D-Day (June 6, 1944) to aid local Resistance groups. The men consisted of a British or American officer, a native of the country, and a non-commissioned radio operator.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6520).

Similar
Jeddart

Origin

The town was randomly chosen as the namesake for Operation Jedburgh, the Second World War operation to deploy the parachute teams.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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