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Briscoe

proper nounattested in dialogue

A hamlet in Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY022114).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A hamlet in Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY022114).

  2. 2

    An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.

  3. 3

    An unincorporated community in Wheeler County, Texas, United States.

  4. 4

    An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.

  5. 5

    A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Etymology

From Old Norse bretar (“Britons”) or birki (“birch”) + skógr (“wood”).

Forms

plural
Briscoes
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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