Derbyshire

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.

    "A sense of timelessness prevails in the little Derbyshire village of Repton, which was once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia."

  2. 2
    A surname.

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mappleton

Example

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"When I returned to London I called upon the milliner, who had recognised Straker as an excellent customer of the name of Derbyshire, who had a very dashing wife, with a strong partiality for expensive dresses."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Derbyschire, from late Old English Dēorbȳsċīr; equivalent to Derby + -shire.

Related phrases

Derbyshire DalesNorth East DerbyshireSouth Derbyshiregreater manchestersouth yorkshirewest yorkshire

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