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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0828). countable, uncountable
2. 2
   A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"Victory Holdsworth says the secretariat has put together a team to review the petition."

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Halda + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).

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