Sur·rey (sûr  , s r) 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. |
| sur·rey (sûr, sr) n. pl. sur·reys A four-wheeled horse-drawn pleasure carriage having two or four seats. [Short for Surrey cart, after Surrey, a county of southeast England.] |
surrey [ˈsʌrɪ]
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(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[shortened from Surrey cart, after Surrey, where it was originally made]
Surrey [ˈsʌrɪ]
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(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)
Surrey2
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(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
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| Noun | 1. |  Surrey - a county in southeastern England on the ThamesEngland - 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 |
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surrey
n (US) → zweisitzige Kutsche
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