kerry
noun
one of an Irish breed of small, black dairy cattle.
kerry
1 American
[ker-ee]
/ ˈkɛr i /
noun
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kerries
plural
Kerry
2
American
[ker-ee]
/ ˈkɛr i /
noun
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a county in W Munster province, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 1,815 sq. mi. (4,700 sq. km). Tralee.
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a male given name, form of Kerr.
Kerry
1
British
/ ˈkɛrɪ /
noun
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a county of SW Republic of Ireland, in W Munster province: mostly mountainous (including the highest peaks in Ireland), with a deeply indented coast and many offshore islands. County town: Tralee. Pop: 132 527 (2002). Area: 4701 sq km (1815 sq miles)
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a small black breed of dairy cattle, originally from Kerry
Kerry
2
British
/ ˈkɛrɪ /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of kerry
1875–80; named after Kerry, home of the breed
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Here, boys, make a stretcher, and kerry him along.
From The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer by Oliver Optic
"Bob," he addressed the toddler, "will you uns let daddy kerry ye like a baby?"
From The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories by Charles Egbert Craffock
Thar hain't nary bit o' use a huntin' up a hoss when you can jest kerry them thengs down here, Mr. Lindsay," protested Mrs. Doggett: "They hain't heavy and 'tain't fur.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley
I’m a-goin’ to shovel snow an’ help fetch wood an’ kerry in water.
From The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt
In the fall we hev potatoes to sell, and I kin load up a boat, and kerry ’em daown South to sell.
From The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat by Quincy Allen
“Access alone isn’t enough. Engagement is the challenge for all employers,” said Kerry Sette, head of customer insights and research at Voya.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
At CBS News Kerry Breen has more on the indispensable dad:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Nicholas Lumley KC, defending, told the court that Kerry was likely to contest all the charges against him.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
It’s one thing for Kerry to tell us that they were in love, or to hear Hal’s “buttercup” voicemail, but I think that the audience needed to see it and experience it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The smell of something baking, something chocolate, wafted up behind her, and I spied J.T.’s cute little sister Kerry peeking around the corner to see who had come.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
“When the high tide sweeps in thar, it kerries everything with it, and them caves guzzle it all down, nobody knows whar.”
From Killykinick by Mary T. (Mary Theresa) Waggaman
As I drew near I could see that my messenger had roused the settlement, for natives with spears and kerries in their hands were running up towards the kraals.
From Allan's Wife by Henry Rider Haggard
They jumped this way, and that, their eyes rollin’ in their heads, their assegais whizzing and kerries flying, with a noise like a flight o’ partridges.
From Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville
They travelled normally in twos and threes, carrying the usual kerries.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford
Their necklaces of jackals’ teeth showed white against their red bodies, which glistened in the sun, and as they marched along, head erect and with their kerries over their shoulders, they certainly did look picturesque.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
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