Hertford.
A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).
Meaning & usage
A town and civil parish (with a town council) in East Hertfordshire district, and the county town of Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3212).
A town, the county seat of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States.
Ellipsis of Hertford College, Oxford.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.
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