Digby
Speech parts
1. Digby - Noun
2. Digby - Proper noun
Meaning
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A habitational surname from Old English.
A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9591).
A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0854).
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada. [From 1783]
A village in Victoria, Australia.
A barony in the peerage of Ireland.
Digby (plural Digbies)
Ellipsis of Digby chicken.
Examples
As Digby says, "With all his power — both actual and imagined — Donald seems to offer a cultural refuge for men who were brought up to think that they are supposed to be dominant over women and other men.
Citation needed Canadian paleontologist Digby McLaren suggested in 1969 that the Devonian extinction events were caused by an asteroid impact.
Admiral Digby never had a title, but he inherited Minterne in 1815 from his uncle, Robert Digby, who had bought it from the Churchill family in 1768.
Euan Kerr was editor from 1984 until he handed over the reins to Alan Digby in early 2006.
Digby, the first to mount the scaffold, asked the spectators for forgiveness, and refused the attentions of a Protestant clergyman.
Digby, Robert Wintour, John Wintour, and Thomas Bates, had all left.