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单词 shiremen
释义

shire /shīr (in combination -shir or -shər)/

noun
  1. An administrative district of England formed for mainly taxation purposes by the Anglo-Saxons
  2. A county
  3. Formerly, applied also to certain smaller districts, as with Richmondshire and Hallamshire
  4. A rural district having its own elected council (Aust)
ORIGIN: OE scīr office, authority

shire horse noun

A large, strong draught horse with fringes of hair on the lower legs, once bred chiefly in the Midland shires

shireˈman noun

A sheriff

shireˈ-moot noun (OE scīrgemōt; historical)

The court of the shire in medieval England

shireˈ-reeve noun

A sheriff (see ety at sheriff)

the Shires

Those English counties whose names end in -shire, particularly Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutlandshire (later Rutland), and part of Lincolnshire, having strong associations with hunting

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