Dumfries

[ duhm-frees ]

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noun

Also called Dum·fries·shire [duhm-, frees, -sheer, -sher]. a historic county in S Scotland.
a burgh of Dumfries and Galloway in S Scotland: burial place of Robert Burns.

Dumfries

/ dʌmˈfriːs /

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

A 79-year-old man was fatally shot by Prince William County police Thursday night in the Dumfries area, police officials said.

He was just reading it as it appeared on autocue and quite enjoyed the royal references to Balmoral and Dumfries House.

Barbour makes no mention of an appointment: Bruce rode over to Dumfries, where Comyn was staying, and the tragedy was enacted.

Having garrisoned Dumfries Castle, Bruce sent out his messengers to raise adherents.

Bruce agreed to raise no new fortresses132 within the counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, and Dumfries.

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.

Dumfries, a town on Quantico Creek, had been settled by a group of Scotch merchants, who traded in the colony.

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