Unshired
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not shired, not constituted into counties; (by extension) ungoverned. Ireland, UK, not-comparable
"The young giant, Hugh Maguire, may have been to the Castle to complain of Miler’s hounds, for he had already written a complaint of such doings on the part of that mighty southern pluralist, who went about in armour like a man of war, and had his life-guard like the chief of an unshired country."
Example
More examples"The young giant, Hugh Maguire, may have been to the Castle to complain of Miler’s hounds, for he had already written a complaint of such doings on the part of that mighty southern pluralist, who went about in armour like a man of war, and had his life-guard like the chief of an unshired country."
Etymology
From un- + shired.
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