rudge

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noun

A partridge.

OriginMiddle English rugge ← Old French rouge →
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Meanings

rudge1

nounrudge (plural rudges)

plural rudges

  1. UKdialectalA partridge.

Rudge2

proper nounRudge (countable and uncountable, plural Rudges)

plural Rudges

  1. countableuncountableA surname transferred from the given name.
  2. countableuncountableA hamlet and civil parish (served by Worfield and Rudge Parish Council) in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SP8197).
  3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Beckington parish, Somerset, England, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST8251).
  4. countableuncountableA locality in Froxfield parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2769).

Origin

  1. Old Frenchrouge“red”
  2. Middle Englishrugge“ridge”
  3. EnglishRudge

From dialectal Middle English rugge (“ridge”), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge (“red”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

urgedDurge
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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