Stafford
pronunciation
How to pronounce Stafford in British English:
UK ['stæfəd]
How to pronounce Stafford in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Stafford
- city in England, mid-11c., Stæfford, literally "ford by a landing-place," from Old English stæð "river bank, shore" + ford (n.). County town of Staffordshire, which, as a name for a type of earthenware and porcelain made there is attested from 1765. The city was noted in medieval England as a source of blue cloth.
Example
- 1. There has been much discussion of the scandal at stafford hospital in the english west midlands , where patients were maltreated and death rates were high .
- 2. Of course , the stafford managers said they cared about the patients , but their real priority was reducing costs , which they did by cutting the nursing staff .
- 3. An investigation is under way into how twin newborn boys died 11 days ago after a catastrophic medical blunder at stafford hospital , just days before a public inquiry opened into its " appalling " care .
- 4. The incident , which was disclosed only today , will raise fresh questions about the quality of care at stafford hospital and the nhs 's determination to improve patient safety .
- 5. Like uber , car2go spokesperson katie stafford wouldn 't talk specifics , but confirms in an email that " people in d. c. have been extremely receptive of car2go . "