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jersey

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jer·sey  (jûrz)
n. pl. jer·seys
1.
a. A soft, plain-knitted fabric used for clothing.
b. A garment made of this fabric.
2. A close-fitting knitted pullover shirt, jacket, or sweater.
3. often Jersey Any of a breed of fawn-colored dairy cattle developed on the island of Jersey and producing milk that is rich in butterfat.

[After Jersey.]

jersey
Noun
1. a knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
2. a soft, slightly stretchy, machine-knitted fabric [after Jersey, because of the woollen sweaters worn by the fishermen]

Jersey
Noun
a breed of reddish-brown dairy cattle that produces milk with a high butterfat content [after Jersey, island in the English Channel]
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Noun1.jerseyJersey - a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Monmouth Court House, Monmouth Court House - a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Mid-Atlantic states - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland
Atlantic City - a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center
capital of New Jersey, Trenton - capital of the state of New Jersey; located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river
Bayonne - a city in northeastern New Jersey
Camden - a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia
Jersey City - a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan)
Morristown - a town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters
Newark - the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey
New Brunswick - a university town in central New Jersey
Paterson - a city of northeastern New Jersey
Princeton - a university town in central New Jersey
Cape May - a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean
Ellis Island - an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States; "some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island"
Delaware Bay - an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River
2.Jersey - the largest of the Channel Islands
Channel Island - any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France
3.jerseyjersey - a close-fitting pullover shirt
shirt - a garment worn on the upper half of the body
polo-neck, turtle, turtleneck - a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
4.jersey - a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric
knit - a fabric made by knitting
5.Jersey - a breed of diary cattle developed on the island of Jersey
dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker - cattle that are reared for their milk
Translations
Spanish Jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] nJersey m
jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] njersey m;
(fabric) → tejido de punto

French Jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] nJersey f
jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] ntricot m (= fabric); jersey m
German Jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] nJersey nt
jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] nPullover m;
(fabric) → Jersey m

Italian Jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] nJersey m
jersey [ˈdʒəːzɪ] nmaglia, jersey m

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New Jersey and Rhode Island, upon all occasions, discovered a warm zeal for the independence of Vermont; and Maryland, till alarmed by the appearance of a connection between Canada and that State, entered deeply into the same views.
At the Wellands', where the Newland Archers chanced to be lunching, the question as to who should meet her at Jersey City was immediately raised; and the material difficulties amid which the Welland household struggled as if it had been a frontier outpost, lent animation to the debate.
Raleigh became a Member of Parliament, and was made Governor of Jersey.
 
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