hodge

H4O1D2G2E1
UK/hɒd͡ʒ/US/hɑd͡ʒ/

noun

A rustic; a country person.

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Meanings

hodge1

nounhodge (plural hodges)

plural hodges

  1. obsoleteA rustic; a country person.

Hodge2

proper nounHodge (countable and uncountable, plural Hodges)

plural Hodges

  1. countableuncountableA surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. UKcountableuncountableUsed generically as a name for a male farmer, irrespective of their actual name.

    A farmer in Hampshire was sorely distressed by the unsettling of his barn. [...] Resolved to find out who played him these mischievous pranks, Hodge couched himself one night deeply among the sheaves, and watched for the enemy.

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 305
  3. A place name in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California.
    2. countableuncountableA village in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Missouri.

Origin

hodge · noun

From the name Hodge, from Roger.

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Hodge · proper noun

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Roger. The substitution of H for R is common in English words derived from Norman French.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hodge

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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