surrey
a light, four-wheeled, two-seated carriage, with or without a top, for four persons.
Origin of surrey
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Other definitions for Surrey (2 of 2)
Earl of Henry Howard, 1517?–47, English poet.
a county in SE England, bordering S London. 648 sq. mi. (1,680 sq. km).
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How to use surrey in a sentence
The two brothers were in a fierce dispute over property in surrey.
The English grave he shares with his parents in Compton, surrey, has been neglected.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley | John Garth | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe car manages to escape, but surrey is sure of one detail—it does not have a license plate.
The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK | Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis | October 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAl-Hilli also owned property in France and Iraq in addition to his comfortable Tudor-style home in surrey.
Mystery of Iraqi-British Family’s Murder in the French Alps Deepens | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA final flourish of the horn, and away we go, our coach making for the heart of surrey.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. Harper
He remembered passing the lodge gates some year or two before when cycling through surrey.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingOn the surrey shore whistles shrieked, and endless moving chains sent up their monstrous clangor into the night.
Dope | Sax RohmerThe second door was opened, and the clangor of the surrey shore suddenly proclaimed itself.
Dope | Sax RohmerBy this time Dick knew full particulars of all the old families in surrey, and he was gratified at their appearance.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph Hocking
British Dictionary definitions for surrey (1 of 3)
/ (ˈsʌrɪ) /
a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage having two or four seats
Origin of surrey
1British Dictionary definitions for Surrey (2 of 3)
/ (ˈsʌrɪ) /
a county of SE England, on the River Thames: urban in the northeast; crossed from east to west by the North Downs and drained by tributaries of the Thames. Administrative centre: Kingston upon Thames. Pop: 1 064 600 (2003 est). Area: 1679 sq km (648 sq miles)
British Dictionary definitions for Surrey (3 of 3)
/ (ˈsʌrɪ) /
Earl of, title of Henry Howard. ?1517–47, English courtier and poet; one of the first in England to write sonnets. He was beheaded for high treason
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