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sherry
[ sher-ee ]
/ ˈʃɛr i /
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noun, plural sher·ries.
a fortified, amber-colored wine of southern Spain or any of various similar wines made elsewhere.
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Origin of sherry
1590–1600; back formation from sherris, construed as a plural
Words nearby sherry
Sherpa, Sherriff, Sherrill, Sherrington, sherris, sherry, sherry cobbler, 's Hertogenbosch, Shertok, sherwani, Sherwood
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British Dictionary definitions for sherry
sherry
/ (ˈʃɛrɪ) /
noun plural -ries
a fortified wine, originally from the Jerez region in S Spain, usually drunk as an apéritif
Word Origin for sherry
C16: from earlier sherris (assumed to be plural), from Spanish Xeres, now Jerez
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