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Originally Posted by ZXTT

Means exactly what it says in the dictionary. Remember, these names are old and reflect the image that people wanted their club to convey back then. They weren't looking to the attributes of animals so much as something serious sounding and that would differentiate them from another local team.

Hence the following sampling of suffixes (because they're not really nicknames): United, City, Town, County, Albion, Wanderers, Rovers (hmm, a different kind of wanderer?), Athletic. In some cases, there are unique suffixes: North End (can't be confused with those Sound-Enders), Park Avenue, Wednesday, Forest.

Thanks for the info makes a lot more sense now.