Dumfries

[duhm-frees]

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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Examples from the Web for dumfries

Contemporary Examples of dumfries

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

Historical Examples of dumfries

Please write me by first post, and direct to me at Ellisland, near Dumfries.
The Letters of Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Consequently the Dumfries Hampden was forthwith haled to prison.
Bygone Punishments
William Andrews
He was educated at the Dumfries academy and Edinburgh University.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3
Various
The Dumfries coach had reached Moffat, where it became snowed up.
A Hundred Years by Post
J. Wilson Hyde
None of the young men, therefore, could be spared to carry a message to Dumfries.
The Dew of Their Youth
S. R. Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for dumfries

Dumfries

noun

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

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