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• surrey
  surrey

  noun

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

  noun

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

surrey

¹ American  

[sur-ee, suhr-ee] / ˈsɜr i, ˈsʌr i /

noun

• surreys
  plural

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

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Surrey ² American  

[sur-ee, suhr-ee] / ˈsɜr i, ˈsʌr i /

noun

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

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

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Surrey ¹ British  

/ ˈsʌrɪ /

noun

1. 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)

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Surrey ² British  

/ ˈsʌrɪ /

noun

1. 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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surrey ³ British  

/ ˈsʌrɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• surreys
  plural

Etymology

Origin of surrey

1890–95; after Surrey, England

Example Sentences

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If you want to travel around the lake in style, rent a surrey bike, which Wheel Fun Rentals calls a “modern day carriage.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

Over the surrey period, the researcher documented only one potential unprovoked shark bite at one of the observed aggregation sites.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023

To the far left is a surrey without a horse.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

As a little girl, growing up on the West Side of Manhattan, I had no idea where Oklahoma was, nor the slightest notion of what a surrey might be, but no matter.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2018

“I kin drive dat surrey, mammy,” Luster said.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Paige Mengers, who runs a designer boutique in Surrey, has been speaking about the impact of shoplifting, with recorded offences remaining above pre-pandemic levels.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Surrey Wildlife Trust has introduced 30 nationally-endangered water voles to a nature reserve near Elstead.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Only Kent saw an increase in cases over the last 12 months with reductions in Surrey and Sussex.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

A review into her death found that services in Surrey failed to properly investigate why Sara started wearing a hijab - that covered her bruising - for "fear of causing offence".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

“You told me you were wondering who had been chosen to play for Surrey against Middlesex.”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

When it comes to the necessities, Virginia Beach ranks high with terrific healthcare options, thoughtfully designed transportation – including surreys and trolleys – and more than 200 miles of bikeways and trails.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025

They’d flocked in autos, surreys, and buckboard wagons to bid their boys farewell.

From Slate ● May 16, 2020

The Broadwalk’s oceanside is for humans using wheels: bikes, trikes, inline skates, strollers, wheelchairs and canopied surreys, the last built to move small posses.

From Washington Post ● May 17, 2018

A fondly hokey vision of a bygone America of box socials and surreys with fringe on top?

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2012

The surreys and the buggies had driven out of the Salinas cemetery.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck