Warboys

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UK/ˈwɔːbɔɪz/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).

OriginMiddle English Wardeboys ← Old Norse varði →
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Meanings

proper nounWarboys (countable and uncountable, plural Warboyses)

plural Warboyses · alternative Worboise · alternative Worboyes · alternative Worboys

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL315797).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old Norse.

Origin

  1. Old Norsevarði“beacon; landmark”
  2. Middle EnglishWardeboys
  3. EnglishWarboys

Inherited from Middle English Wardeboys; the placename is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wardebusc, suggesting a derivation from Old Norse varði (“beacon; landmark”) + buskr (“brushwood, bush”).

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APA

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Chicago

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