Surrey
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design. historical
"The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons."
- 2 a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats wordnet
- 1 An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
- 2 The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.
- 3 A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.
"Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News."
- 4 A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States.
- 5 A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
Example
More examples"After leaving you at the station I went for a charming walk through some admirable Surrey scenery to a pretty little village called Ripley, where I had my tea at an inn."
Etymology
From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).
From the Surrey cart, a type of carriage originally made in the county of Surrey in England, UK, and introduced into the USA in 1872.