Rudge

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A partridge. UK, dialectal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A hamlet and civil parish (served by Worfield and Rudge Parish Council) in south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SP8197). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Beckington parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST8251). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A locality in Froxfield parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2769). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From dialectal Middle English rugge (“ridge”), or from the place name Rudge in Shropshire. Also from the given name Roger, and a nickname from Old French rouge (“red”).

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