kerry

¹

[ker-ee]

noun

plural

kerries 

1. one of an Irish breed of small, black dairy cattle.

Kerry

²

[ker-ee]

noun

1. a county in W Munster province, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 1,815 sq. mi. (4,700 sq. km). Tralee.

2. a male given name, form of Kerr.

Kerry

¹

/ ˈkɛrɪ /

noun

1. a county of SW Republic of Ireland, in W Munster province: mostly mountainous (including the highest peaks in Ireland), with a deeply indented coast and many offshore islands. County town: Tralee. Pop: 132 527 (2002). Area: 4701 sq km (1815 sq miles)

2. a small black breed of dairy cattle, originally from Kerry

Kerry

²

/ ˈkɛrɪ /

noun

1. John Forbes . born 1943, US politician; unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate in the presidential election of 2004; secretary of state from 2013

Word History and Origins

Origin of kerry¹

1875–80; named after Kerry, home of the breed

Example Sentences

Moderated by actor Kerry Washington, “A Conversation With Kamala Harris” was one of nearly 20 stops on a tour that’s already seen Harris speak in New York, London and at the Wiltern last month.

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The Chevy driver, 67-year-old retired Las Vegas police officer Kerry Ruesch, kept driving.

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"I phoned my wife, Kerry, in the middle of the night and asked: 'What if no one cares? What if we think it's going to be this big thing and everyone goes, so what?'"

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"We haven't had that many hurricanes in the Atlantic this season, but an unusual proportion of them went through a phase of intensifying quite rapidly," meteorologist and climate scientist Kerry Emanuel of MIT told AFP.

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Meteorologist Kerry Emanuel told AFP a warming climate was causing more storms to rapidly intensify as Melissa did, and especially raises the potential for enormous rains.

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