Shropshire

[ shrop-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈʃrɒp ʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

a former county in W England, now part of Salop.

one of an English breed of dark-faced sheep, yielding good mutton and white wool.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for shropshire

As soon as you are over the bridge you are in shire Amwythig, which the Saxons call Shropshire.
Wild Wales|George Borrow
I'm afraid she'd find a Shropshire welcome rather chilly even after Cariboo.
Gold, Gold, in Cariboo!|Clive Phillipps-Wolley
Mr. Vane was a wealthy gentleman from Shropshire, whom business had called to London four months ago, and now pleasure detained.
Peg Woffington|Charles Reade
More virtue never existed in their favourite Shepherdesses than in these Welsh and Shropshire girls!
A Morning's Walk from London to Kew|Richard Phillips

He makes less fuss about it than I do about going to Shropshire.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald|Edward FitzGerald

British Dictionary definitions for shropshire

Shropshire

/ (ˈʃrɒpˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

a county of W central England: Telford and Wrekin became an independent unitary authority in 1998, and the remaining county of Shropshire became a unitary authority in 2009; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Shrewsbury. Pop (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 286 700 (2003 est). Area (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 3201 sq km (1236 sq miles)

a breed of medium-sized sheep having a dense fleece, originating from Shropshire and Staffordshire, England

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for shropshire

Shropshire

shortened form of the old spelling of Shrewsbury + shire.