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Jersey

//ˈd͡ʒɜːzi// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.

    "The resilience of Jersey’s elite is not new (Jersey is perhaps the only place in Europe that had the same government before, during and after Nazi occupation) but it had never previously been described with such forensic force."

  2. 2
    A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.
  3. 3
    An English earldom.
  4. 4
    New Jersey. US, informal
  5. 5
    A town in Georgia, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body. countable
  2. 2
    A cow of the Jersey breed.
  3. 3
    a breed of dairy cattle developed on the island of Jersey wordnet
  4. 4
    A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype. US, countable

    "A young boy was wearing a Manchester City Erling Haaland jersey."

  5. 5
    a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric wordnet
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  1. 6
    A type of fabric knit. uncountable
  2. 7
    a close-fitting pullover shirt wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a typical fisherman's sweater used on the island of Jersey.

Etymology 2

From Middle English Gersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, further etymology disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) + ey (“island”). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the Latin translation of the island.

Etymology 3

From Middle English Gersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, further etymology disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) + ey (“island”). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the Latin translation of the island.

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