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  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

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Etymology

Origin of surrey

1890–95; after Surrey, England

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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

There, Suzy meets Madame’s herd of ostriches, one of whom — the ornery Gaucho — has been conscripted to pull a surrey at the country fair.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

We watched as a barge slowly entered Salmon Bay through the Ballard Locks, kayaked across Lake Union and rode a surrey bike along Alki Beach.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

Why, we’ll sit high and happy in a surrey and get clear into King City in three hours—and what more in the world could you want than that?

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Stevenson said that Surrey is "prohibitively expensive when you're in my financial situation".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Almost 25 years on, Ali G still has loyal fans - especially in his "home town" of Staines, in Surrey.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

With batter Pope being a contracted player, Key would have been involved in deciding the Surrey man's availability for the APL.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Rice, from Cranleigh in Surrey, was a signalman aboard HMS Eastway as part of the Normandy landings, arriving at Juno Beach five days after D-Day.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Cecilia told her she was not to forget to take the addresses with her to Surrey.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2012

But traditionalists need not fear — Cape May retains its laid-back charm with mini-golf courses, 25-cent Skee-Ball games and families pedaling around on surreys and bicycles built for two.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2011

They included stagecoaches, wagons, private coaches, broughams, cabriolets, phaetons, buggies, and surreys.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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