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Grafton
GRAHF-ton
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The name of numerous towns and places across England, the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
"Grafton, Massachusetts is a small town near Worcester."
How to Use Grafton
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common English place name meaning roughly "grove settlement," reused all over the English-speaking world.
Word Forms
Graftons plural
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_____, Massachusetts is a small town near Worcester.
Etymology
From Old English graf ("grove") plus tun ("enclosure, settlement").