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Hodge en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /hɑd͡ʒ/ (General-American)
  • /hɒd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Roger. The substitution of H for R is common in English words derived from Norman French.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. (UK, countable, uncountable) Used generically as a name for a male farmer, irrespective of their actual name.
    • A farmer in Hampshire was sorely distressed by the unsettling of his barn. [...] Resolved to find out who played him these mischievous pranks, Hodge couched himself one night deeply among the sheaves, and watched for the enemy. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 305:
  3. (countable, uncountable) A place name in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A place name in the United States: ▸ A village in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A place name in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Missouri.

Forms

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Hodges Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Hodge dual · Hodgey · Hodge-de Rham spectral sequence · Hodgkinson · Hodson · Hodges · Hodgkins · Hodgson · Hodgkin

Relateds

Roger · Rogers