surrey

[ sur-ee, suhr-ee ]

/ ˈsɜr i, ˈsʌr i /

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noun, plural sur·reys.

a light, four-wheeled, two-seated carriage, with or without a top, for four persons.

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Origin of surrey

1890–95; after Surrey, England

Words nearby surrey

surrejoinder, surrender, surrender value, surreptitious, surreptitiously, surrey, surrogacy, surrogate, surrogate mother, surround, surrounded

Other definitions for surrey (2 of 2)

Surrey

[ sur-ee, suhr-ee ]

/ ˈsɜr i, ˈsʌr i /

noun

Earl of Henry Howard, 1517?–47, English poet.

a county in SE England, bordering S London. 648 sq. mi. (1,680 sq. km).

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How to use surrey in a sentence

Astronomer Pol Massana at the University of Surrey in England and his colleagues examined the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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“Some VPNs are created more equal than others,” says Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity professor at the University of Surrey.
How Russians Are Dealing With an Internet That's Gone Dark|Chris Stokel-Walker|March 10, 2022|Time
He’s a professor of computer science at the University of Surrey, and his work revolves heavily around cybersecurity, communications, and forensic computing.
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The two brothers were in a fierce dispute over property in Surrey.
Breakthrough In Alps Family Murder Case|Barbie Latza Nadeau|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The English grave he shares with his parents in Compton, Surrey, has been neglected.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley|John Garth|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The car manages to escape, but Surrey is sure of one detail—it does not have a license plate.
The Man Oswald First Tried to Kill Before JFK|Bill Minutaglio, Steven L. Davis|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Al-Hilli also owned property in France and Iraq in addition to his comfortable Tudor-style home in Surrey.
Mystery of Iraqi-British Family’s Murder in the French Alps Deepens|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A final flourish of the horn, and away we go, our coach making for the heart of Surrey.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
He remembered passing the lodge gates some year or two before when cycling through Surrey.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking
On the Surrey shore whistles shrieked, and endless moving chains sent up their monstrous clangor into the night.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
The second door was opened, and the clangor of the Surrey shore suddenly proclaimed itself.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
By this time Dick knew full particulars of all the old families in Surrey, and he was gratified at their appearance.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking

British Dictionary definitions for surrey (1 of 3)

surrey

/ (ˈsʌrɪ) /

noun

a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage having two or four seats

Word Origin for surrey

C19: shortened from Surrey cart, after Surrey, where it was originally made

British Dictionary definitions for surrey (2 of 3)

Surrey¹

/ (ˈsʌrɪ) /

noun

a county of SE England, on the River Thames: urban in the northeast; crossed from east to west by the North Downs and drained by tributaries of the Thames. Administrative centre: Kingston upon Thames. Pop: 1 064 600 (2003 est). Area: 1679 sq km (648 sq miles)

British Dictionary definitions for surrey (3 of 3)

Surrey²

/ (ˈsʌrɪ) /

noun

Earl of, title of Henry Howard. ?1517–47, English courtier and poet; one of the first in England to write sonnets. He was beheaded for high treason

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