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Heather

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Heather ♀ From the vocabulary word denoting the hardy, brightly coloured plant (Middle English hather; the spelling was altered in the 18th century as a result of folk etymological association with heath). The name was first used in the late 19th century and became particularly popular from the mid-1940s.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

heath·er / ˈhe[voicedth]ər/ • n. a purple-flowered Eurasian heath (Calluna vulgaris) that grows abundantly on moorland and heathland. Many ornamental varieties have been developed. ∎ inf. any similar plant of this family; a heath.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

heather XIV (Sc. and north. hathir, etc.). The form hadder or hather prevailed in Eng. use from XVI to XVIII, when heather is first recorded; of unkn. orig., perh. repr. OE. *hæ̂ddre; app. assim. to HEATH1 or HEATH2.

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T. F. HOAD. "heather." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

heather (ling) Evergreen shrub native to Europe and Asia. It has small bell-shaped flowers of pink, lavender, or white. Family Ericaceae; species Calluna vulgaris. See also erica

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Heather

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Heather Leics. Hadre 1086 (DB). ‘Place where heather grows’. OE *hǣddre.

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heather

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

heather see heath , in botany.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

heather •blather, foregather, gather, slather •farther, father, lather, rather •grandfather • stepfather • godfather •forefather •altogether, feather, heather, leather, nether, tether, together, weather, wether, whether •bather • sunbather •bequeather, breather •dither, hither, slither, swither, thither, whither, wither, zither •either, neither •bother, pother •Rhondda • mouther • loather •smoother, soother •another, brother, mother, other, smother, t'other •grandmother • stepmother •godmother • housemother •stepbrother • further

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