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Definition of Berkshire

1. Noun. A county in southern England.

Definition of Berkshire

1. Proper noun. A inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey and Wiltshire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Berkshire

Literary usage of Berkshire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"THE Berkshire HOG. [In the month of March, 1875, there was formed in Illinois the "American Berkshire Association," with the following officers: President, ..."

2. American Agriculturist (1847)
"A GRADE Berkshire. I forward you for insertion the portrait, weight, and dimensions of a valuable Berkshire hog killed by me on the 13th day of January last ..."

3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1910)
"С А Berkshire notes. & queries. A'quarterly journal devoted to the family history, ... CO Four (The) visitations of Berkshire made and taken by T. Benoîte, ..."

4. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"The Visitation of Berkshire, taken in the year 1623, by Henry Chitting, ... Visitations of Bedfordshire and Berkshire, time of Charles I. and Charles II. ..."

5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1900)
"—JAA Faxon and Hoffmann's Birds of Berkshire County, Mass.* — Berkshire County, Massachusetts, differs so much from the rest of the State in altitude and ..."

6. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1913)
"834 Berkshire (PBD) | Berkshire-Yorkshire Xo. s:J4 - Berkshire ... Berkshire-Yorkshire Xo. 794 ! Berkshire (PBD) Berkshire Xo. 407 Number and Color of Pigs. ..."

7. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1906)
"CHAPTER LXVI THE Berkshire The native home of the Berkshire pig is England, and more especially the counties of Berkshire and Wilts in the south- central ..."

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