Hertford

//ˈhɑːtfəd// name, slang

name, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).
  2. 2
    A town, the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Hertford College, Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.

Related phrases

Hertford Countycounty seatcounty townnorth carolinaperquimans countyunited kingdom

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