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Hodge¹

  • /hɒd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /hɑd͡ʒ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒdʒ

Where it comes from

From a Middle English diminutive of the given name Roger. The substitution of H for R is common in English words derived from Norman French.

proper noun Hodges

  1. countable, uncountable A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. UK, countable, uncountable Used generically as a name for a male farmer, irrespective of their actual name. A farmer in Hampshire was sorely distressed by the unsettling of his barn. [...] Resolved to find out who played him these mischievous pranks, Hodge couched himself one night deeply among the sheaves, and watched for the enemy.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California.
  4. countable, uncountable A village in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Missouri.

hodge²

Where it comes from

From the name Hodge, from Roger.

noun hodges

  1. obsolete A rustic; a country person.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vere, hermon, podge, norberg, hodges, hodgeon, hodgetts, hodgkinson, hodkinson, hodgins, hodgkins, hodgkin, hodgkison, higgs, hodgens, hodgin

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

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{hodge_2026,
  title = {hodge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hodge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}