Word: Ashley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English *Æsċlēah, composed of æsċ (“ash tree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to Ash + -ley. Pronunciation: /ˈæʃli/, [ˈæʃlɪi̯] 1. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of villages and hamlets in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A surname from Old English derived from the places in England. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 'There now, Scarlett! You admit it is true. What would you be doing with a husband like Ashley? 'Tis moonstruck they all are, all the Wilkes.' Example: In 2017, Katherine Maher, then the CEO of the WMF, re-imagined the nonprofit’s mission as “top-down social justice activism and advocacy,” as journalist Ashley Rindsberg described it. 14. A female given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But when Krystal McConnell and Ashley Flynn were named deep in the heart of the '80s the thing was cuteness, feminine delicacy raised to an aesthetic paradigm. --- And everyone named according to a particular version of the pedigree fantasy. Ashley : transplanted Southern privilege, a destiny lying in sorority mixers and a marriage of health club memberships, state-of-the-art appliances and night courses in nouvelle cuisine. Example: I discovered that her full name was Margaret Lowell. I wasn't an expert on Earth names, but I still knew this was wildly inappropriate. She should have been called Lana Bellcurve or Ashley Brainsex or something. 15. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A locality in Moree Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia; named for one of the settlements in England. Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A small settlement and river north of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand. Labels: countable, uncountable