Dashwood
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
"Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for serious employment."
Example
More examples"Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for serious employment."
Etymology
A variant of Ashwood, with fused French preposition de (“of”).
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