Scruton

//ˈskɹuː.tən// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2992). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A habitational surname. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Skurfa + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Related phrases

north yorkshire

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