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Salt

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A village in Salt and Enson parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9527).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A village in Salt and Enson parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9527).

  2. 2

    A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English Selte. Compare Salter. The Staffordshire village was recorded as Selte in 1086 (DB), for a salt pit or saltworks.

Forms

plural
Salts
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