Meaning

3 senses

  1. A placename:

    (countable, uncountable)Former name of Devon (“English county”) (until 1974).

  2. (countable, uncountable)An English dukedom and earldom.

  3. (countable)A habitational surname.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. He died three months ago in Devonshire.

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  2. A minute later we were all seated in a comfortable landau, and were rattling through the quaint old Devonshire city.

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Origin

From Old English Defenasċīr, equivalent to Devon + -shire.

From Old English Defenasċīr, equivalent to Devon + -shire.

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Forms

See also

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