Dudley
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See also: dudley
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Dowdall
Etymology
From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dudley
- A town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
- Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township.
- A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Dudleya
Noun
Dudley (plural Dudleys)
- (mining) A miner's container for water for drinking.
- 1983, Official Report of the Standing Committees: Session, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, page 77:
- […] miner dreamt of the day when he could throw away his Dudley and his pit boots.