Telford
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Etymology
From Old French, taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'.
- (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.
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Proper noun
Telford (countable and uncountable, plural Telfords)
- (countable) A surname.
- A new town in Telford and Wrekin borough and the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, named after Thomas Telford (OS grid ref SJ7008).
- A locality in the Shire of Moira, Victoria, Australia.
- A place in the United States:
- A borough in Bucks County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, named after Thomas Telford.
- A census-designated place in Washington County, Tennessee, named after state senator George Whitfield Telford.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington, named after cattleman M. A Telford.
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Noun
Telford (uncountable)
- (attributive) A road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly in the interstices.
- a Telford road