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Definition of Surrey

1. Noun. A county in southeastern England on the Thames.

2. Noun. A light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats.

Definition of Surrey

1. n. A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.

Definition of Surrey

1. Proper noun. An inland county of England bordered by London, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex and Berkshire. ¹

2. Proper noun. A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver. ¹

3. Noun. (historical) A light American horse-drawn carriage seating two or four people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Surrey

1. a light carriage [n -REYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surrey

surrenderor surrenderors surrenders surrendre surrendred surrendries surrendring surrendry surreplies surreply

surreption surreptions surreptitious surreptitiously surreptitiousness surreys surrogacies surrogacy surrogata surrogate

surrogate father surrogate fathers surrogate key surrogate keys surrogate mother surrogate mothers surrogate parent surrogate parents surrogated

Literary usage of Surrey

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

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1910)
"Genealogical and heraldic memoranda relating to surrey. ... The history and antiquities of the county of surrey, compiled from the most authentic historians ..."

2. The history of England by David Hume (1826)
"The king, somewhat displeased with his conduct, had sent over Hertford to command in his place; and surrey was so imprudent as to drop some menacing ..."

3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"[HENRY HOWARD was the eldest son of Thomas Earl of surrey, by his second wife, ... He became Earl of surrey on the accession of his father to the dukedom of ..."

4. The English Poets by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1901)
"THE EARL OF surrey. HOWARD was the eldest son of Thomas Earl of surrey, ... He became Earl of surrey on the accession of his father to the dukedom of ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1880)
"[HENRY HOWARD was the eldest son of Thomas Earl of surrey, by his second wife, the Lady Elizabeth Stafford, daughter of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. ..."

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