# Duxbury

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #71,473

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
4. A town in Washington County, Vermont, United States.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Deowuc or Ducca + -s- + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/duxbury