Marsden

M3A1R1S1D2E1N1

proper noun

A suburb of Brisbane in Logan, Queensland, Australia.

OriginOld English mearc →
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Meanings

proper nounMarsden (countable and uncountable, plural Marsdens)

plural Marsdens · alternative Masden

  1. countableuncountableA suburb of Brisbane in Logan, Queensland, Australia.
  2. countableuncountableA village in the Rural Municipality of Manitou Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. countableuncountableA suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3965).
  4. countableuncountableA large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0411).
  5. countableuncountableA ghost town and former gold mining settlement in Grey district, West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand.
  6. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishmearc“mark, sign; boundary”
  2. EnglishMarsden

From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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