Dumfries
[duhm-frees]
- Also called Dum·fries·shire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/. a historic county in S Scotland.
- a burgh of Dumfries and Galloway in S Scotland: burial place of Robert Burns.
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Contemporary Examples
He was just reading it as it appeared on autocue and quite enjoyed the royal references to Balmoral and Dumfries House.
Historical Examples
Please write me by first post, and direct to me at Ellisland, near Dumfries.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
Consequently the Dumfries Hampden was forthwith haled to prison.
Bygone PunishmentsWilliam Andrews
He was educated at the Dumfries academy and Edinburgh University.
The Dumfries coach had reached Moffat, where it became snowed up.
A Hundred Years by PostJ. Wilson Hyde
None of the young men, therefore, could be spared to carry a message to Dumfries.
The Dew of Their YouthS. R. Crockett
Dumfries
- a town in S Scotland on the River Nith, administrative centre of Dumfries and Galloway. Pop: 31 146 (2001)
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