Dumfries

[ duhm-frees ]

/ dʌmˈfris /

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noun

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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Words nearby Dumfries

dumbstruck, dumbwaiter, dumdum, dumela, Dumézil, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, dumka, dummelhead, dummkopf

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How to use Dumfries in a sentence

A 79-year-old man was fatally shot by Prince William County police Thursday night in the Dumfries area, police officials said.
Man shot and killed by Prince William County police|Clarence Williams|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
He was just reading it as it appeared on autocue and quite enjoyed the royal references to Balmoral and Dumfries House.
How The Royal Weather Forecast Happened|Tom Sykes|May 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Barbour makes no mention of an appointment: Bruce rode over to Dumfries, where Comyn was staying, and the tragedy was enacted.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Having garrisoned Dumfries Castle, Bruce sent out his messengers to raise adherents.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison

Bruce agreed to raise no new fortresses132 within the counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, and Dumfries.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
But we missed the village, for it was a mile or two off the road to Dumfries, which we hoped to reach for the night.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Dumfries, a town on Quantico Creek, had been settled by a group of Scotch merchants, who traded in the colony.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.|Philip Vickers Fithian

British Dictionary definitions for Dumfries

Dumfries

/ (dʌmˈfriːs) /

noun

a town in S Scotland on the River Nith, administrative centre of Dumfries and Galloway. Pop: 31 146 (2001)

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