Nesbitt

N1E1S1B3I1T1T1

proper noun

A civil parish without a council in County Durham, England.

OriginOld English nosu →
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Meanings

proper nounNesbitt (countable and uncountable, plural Nesbitts)

plural Nesbitts · alternative Nesbit · alternative Nisbet · alternative Nisbett

  1. countableuncountableA civil parish without a council in County Durham, England.
  2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas, United States.
  3. countableuncountableA community in the Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa, Manitoba, Canada.
  4. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishnosu“nose”
  2. EnglishNesbitt

From Old English nosu (“nose”) + bita (“bit, fragment, morsel”) or byht (“bight, bend, angle”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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