surrey
/ˈsɝɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
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The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.
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A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.
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A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States.
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A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
noun
A light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.
Example Sentences
- "Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News."
- "The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons."
- "It suffered a wide verandah, one side of which led directly into the stables where, in former days, horses, surreys, and buggies had been kept, and where now two cars were housed— […]"
- "When I take you out, tonight, with me, / Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be: / You will set behind a team of snow white horses, / In the slickest gig you ever see! // Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry / When I take you out in the surrey, / When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!"
Etymology
From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: Sūþrigē
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɝɹi/
- British English: /ˈsʌɹi/