Meanings
proper noun
- A village and civil parish in east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY9499).
Origin
Sturminster means a "church on the River Stour", recorded as Sture minster in the 9th century, Sturminstre in 1086 (DB), Sturministre Marescal in 1268, with manorial affix from the Mareschal family. Minster is from Old English mynster.
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Sturminster Marshall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sturminster%20Marshall
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“Sturminster Marshall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sturminster%20Marshall. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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