Devonshire
a county in SW England. 2,591 sq. mi. (6,710 sq. km).
- Also called Devon.
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How to use Devonshire in a sentence
Thanks to mechanization, farm productivity nearly tripled over the next 20 years, to the point that five acres of wheat grown in Kansas could be produced and shipped to London at a lower cost than producing one acre in Devonshire, England.
From commerce to chaos: An economic history of the United States | Steven Pearlstein | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostIn fact, Devonshire has more rooftop solar installations than any other region in England.
Chatwin's tone throughout Under the Sun recalls the Duchess of Devonshire's epistolary adieu, "In tearing haste—."
I have been collecting some most valuable information on (looking round at them) lunacy in the—er—county of Devonshire.
First Plays | A. A. MilneIt is now the property of the Duke of Devonshire, who seeks to check further decay and opens it to the public without charge.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
In Devonshire, particularly among the farmers and poorer classes, the ridged coffin is very general, the end being gabled.
It is remarkable that Devonshire was, and that Marlborough was not, one of the Dissentients.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayDevonshire's visitors got tremendously well fed, with fish items of especial excellence.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette Duncan
British Dictionary definitions for Devonshire
/ (ˈdɛvənʃɪə, -ʃə) /
8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
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