Surrey (redirected from Surrey, England)

Sur·rey  (sûr, sr)

A historical region of southeast England. Dominated by Mercia and Wessex in Anglo-Saxon times, it was overrun by the Danes in the ninth century.

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sur·rey  (sûr, sr)

n. pl. sur·reys

A four-wheeled horse-drawn pleasure carriage having two or four seats.

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[Short for Surrey cart, after Surrey, a county of southeast England.]

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surrey [ˈsʌrɪ]

n

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage having two or four seats

[shortened from Surrey cart, after Surrey, where it was originally made]

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Surrey [ˈsʌrɪ]

n

(Placename) a county of SE England, on the River Thames: urban in the northeast; crossed from east to west by the North Downs and drained by tributaries of the Thames. Administrative centre: Kingston upon Thames. Pop.: 1 059 015 (2001). Area: 1679 sq. km (648 sq. miles)

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Surrey²

n

(Biographies / Surrey, Earl of (1517-1547) M, English, MISC: courtier, WRITING: poet) Earl of, title of Henry Howard. ?1517-47, English courtier and poet; one of the first in England to write sonnets. He was beheaded for high treason

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Surrey - a county in southeastern England on the Thames England - a division of the United Kingdom Home Counties - the English counties surrounding London into which Greater London has expanded
	2.	surrey - a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats carriage, equipage, rig - a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

Translations

surrey

n (US) → zweisitzige Kutsche