Der·by

(där′bē)

A city of central England west of Nottingham. First founded by the Romans as a garrison town, it was one of the centers of the Industrial Revolution.

der·by

(dûr′bē; British där′bē)

n. pl. der·bies

1. Sports Any of various annual horseraces, especially for three-year-olds.

2. Sports A formal race usually having an open field of contestants: a motorcycle derby.

3. A stiff felt hat with a round crown and a narrow, curved brim.

[After Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834), founder of the English Derby.]

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derby

(ˈdɜːrbɪ)

n, pl -bies

(Clothing & Fashion) US and Canadian a stiff felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow curved brim. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): bowler

Derby

(ˈdɑːbɪ; US ˈdɜːrbɪ)

1. (Horse Racing) the Derby an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics

2. (Horse Racing) any of various other horse races

3. (Soccer) local Derby a football match between two teams from the same area

[C18: named after the twelfth Earl of Derby (died 1834), who founded the horse race at Epsom Downs in 1780]

Derby

(ˈdɑːbɪ)

1. (Placename) a city in central England, in Derby unitary authority, Derbyshire: engineering industries (esp aircraft engines and railway rolling stock); university (1991). Pop: 229 407 (2001)

2. (Placename) a unitary authority in central England, in Derbyshire. Pop: 233 200 (2003 est). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)

3. (Cookery) a firm-textured pale-coloured type of cheese

4. (Cookery) sage Derby a green-and-white Derby cheese flavoured with sage

Derby

(ˈdɑːbɪ)

(Biography) Earl of. title of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley. 1799–1869, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1852; 1858–59; 1866–68)

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Der•by

(ˈdɜr bi; Brit. ˈdɑr-)

n., pl. -bies.

1. a race for three-year-old horses held annually at Epsom Downs, near London, England: first run in 1780.

2. any of certain other annual horse races, esp. the Kentucky Derby.

3. (l.c.) a race or contest, usu. one open to all entrants.

4. (l.c.) a man's stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim; bowler.

[1830–40; after Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (d. 1834)]

Der•by

(ˈdɜr bi; Brit. ˈdɑr-)

n.

1. a city in Derbyshire, in central England. 230,500.

2. Derbyshire.

derby

A men’s felt hat with a stiff, curved brim and a rounded crown.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

derby - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

bowler hat, derby hat, plug hat, bowler

chapeau, hat, lid - headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

derby

noun competition, event, championship, tournament, contest, puzzle, quiz, head-to-head He caught a salmon in the annual fishing derby.

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Translations

ντέρμπι

hevoskilpailukilpailuknalli

derby

bombetta derby

derby

¹ [ˈdɑːbɪ] (US) [ˈdɜːbɪ] N

1. (Sport) local derby → derbi m

2. the Derby (Brit) (Horse racing) → el Derby (importante carrera de caballos en Inglaterra)

derby

² [ˈdɜːbɪ] N (US) (also derby hat) → sombrero m hongo, bombín m

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derby

[ˈdɑː^rbɪ] n

(= sporting event) → derby m

(= hat) → chapeau m melon, melon m

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Derby

[, (US)]

(US: also Derby hat) → Melone f

(= local Derby) → (Lokal)derby nt

(Racing) → Derby nt

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derby

[ˈdɑːbɪ] n

a. (sporting event) → derby m inv

b. (Am) (hat) → bombetta

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Thus we may, perhaps, with little danger, relate the history of Fisher; who having long owed his bread to the generosity of Mr Derby, and having one morning received a considerable bounty from his hands, yet, in order to possess himself of what remained in his friend's scrutore, concealed himself in a public office of the Temple, through which there was a passage into Mr Derby's chambers.

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"Mister Haggin" was the sound Jerry had always heard uttered by Bob, the clerk, and by Derby, the foreman on the plantation, when they addressed his master.

Bush-dogs were dogs--he recognized them as his kind; but they were somehow different from his own lordly breed, different and lesser, just as the blacks were compared with Mister Haggin, Derby, and Bob.

Out of the unknown, from the somewhere and something else, too unconditional for him to know any of the conditions, instantly they appeared, full-statured, walking about Meringe Plantation with loin-cloths about their middles and bone bodkins through their noses, and being put to work by Mister Haggin, Derby, and Bob.

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We are established at Derby. The Entertainment is written; and the rehearsals are in steady progress.

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Deposit the money with Isaac the Jew--thou knowest him?--and he shall hold it together with the deed for forty days, which will give thee ample time to travel to Derby and inspect thy purchase.

So it was that they set out that night upon their long journey north toward the hills of Derby. For many days they travelled, riding upon two small donkeys.

His life in the Derby hills was so filled with the hard, exacting duties of his education that he had little time to think of the strange loneliness of his existence; nor is it probable that he missed that companionship of others of his own age of which, never having had experience in it, he could scarce be expected to regret or yearn for.

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"Then we should be together, dear." Margaret, out of politeness, invested a few hundreds in the Nottingham and Derby Railway, and though the Foreign Things did admirably and the Nottingham and Derby declined with the steady dignity of which only Home Rails are capable, Mrs.

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Beside these are many other woodlands in Nottingham and Derby, Lincoln and York, amid any of which Your Majesty might as well think to seize upon Robin Hood as to lay finger upon a rat among the dust and broken things of a garret.

nigh to Mackworth, over beyond the Derwent River, nigh to Derby Town.

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The du Lac Sevres and the Trevenna George II plate were out; so was the van der Luyden "Lowestoft" (East India Company) and the Dagonet Crown Derby. Mrs.

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