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Balfour

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From Scottish Gaelic baile (“village, town”) + pùir, genitive form of pór (“pasture, grass”).

proper noun Balfours

  1. countable, uncountable A settlement in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO7896).
  2. countable, uncountable A village in the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland, on the island of Shapinsay.
  3. countable, uncountable A small town in Southland, New Zealand.
  4. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable A city in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable A town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  7. countable, uncountable A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
  8. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  9. countable, uncountable Arthur Balfour, British Prime Minister.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lynn, melville, browne, belfort, salisbury, politician, statesman, diplomat, leader, minister, premier, policymaker, legislator, administrator, nobleman, aristocrat

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"Balfour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/balfour. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Balfour. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/balfour

Chicago

"Balfour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/balfour.

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@misc{balfour_2026,
  title = {Balfour},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/balfour},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}