Eyre

//ɛəɹ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A journey taken by certain Medieval English itinerant judges (justices in eyre) UK, historical

    "The fact that the Surrey veredicta are uncancelled, and indeed their very survival, can doubtless be explained by the suspension of the eyre in June 1294, when consideration of the crown pleas had barely begun;"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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lake eyre

Example

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"Esther is playing the title role in Jane Eyre."

Etymology

From Middle English eire, from Old French erre (“journey, march, way”), from Latin iter, itineris (“a going, way”), from the root of ire (“to go”). Compare errant, itinerant, issue.

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Eyre Peninsula

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