Hereford

H4E1R1E1F4O1R1D2
UK/ˈhɛɹɨfəd/US/ˈhɝfɚd/

proper noun

A city and civil parish (with a city council) in and the county town of Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5140).

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OriginMiddle English Hereford ← Old English Hereford →
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Meanings

proper nounHereford (countable and uncountable, plural Herefords)

plural Herefords

  1. countableuncountableA city and civil parish (with a city council) in and the county town of Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5140).
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA locality in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Frank Hereford.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
    4. countableuncountableAn extinct town in Grant County, Minnesota, named for Hereford cattle.
    5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
    6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, supposedly named for a Hereford bull.
    7. countableuncountableA township and census-designated place therein, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, named for Hereford cattle.
    9. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States, named for Hereford cattle raised there.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
  3. countableuncountableA breed of cattle used for high-quality beef, see Hereford (cattle).
  4. countableuncountableA surname.
nounHereford (plural Herefords)

plural Herefords

  1. A cow of the Hereford breed.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhere“army”
  2. Old EnglishHereford
  3. Middle EnglishHereford
  4. EnglishHereford

From Middle English Hereford, from Old English Hereford, from Old English here (“army”) + ford (“ford”). Compare Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Translations

Arabic هيرفورد
  • هيرفوردthe city
Bulgarian Херефорд
  • Херефордthe city
Chinese Cantonese 禧福
  • 禧福the city
Chinese Mandarin 赫里福德
  • 赫里福德the city
Finnish Hereford
  • Herefordthe city
French Hereford
  • Herefordthe city
Hebrew הרפורד
  • הרפורדthe city
Japanese ヘレフォード
  • ヘレフォードthe city
Korean 헤리퍼드
  • 헤리퍼드 (heripeodeu)the city
Latin Herefordia
  • Herefordiathe city
Lithuanian Herefordas
  • Herefordasthe city
Persian هرفورد
  • هرفوردthe city
Russian Хе́рефорд
  • Хе́рефорд (Xéreford)the city
Thai เฮริฟอร์ด
  • เฮริฟอร์ดthe city
Ukrainian Герефорд
  • Герефордthe city
Welsh Henffordd
  • Henfforddthe city
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Hereford on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.