Bruton

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, on the River Brue, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6834).
  2. 2
    A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
  3. 3
    An English surname originating as an occupation.

Etymology

From Brue (river) + -ton.

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