surrey

¹ American  

[sur-ee, suhr-ee] / ˈsɜr i, ˈsʌr i /

noun

plural

surreys

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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Etymology

Origin of surrey

1890–95; after Surrey, England

Example Sentences

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

Karen delighted in a ride on a surrey cycle pedaled by Erik and his girlfriend, Renee Aguilar.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2021

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

“Hush, now. Luster gone to git de surrey en take you to de graveyard. We aint gwine risk gittin yo cap,” she said.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner