Английский Этимологический словарь - shire
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Shire
shire
- O.E. scir "administrative office or district," from P.Gmc. *skizo (cf. O.H.G. scira "care, official charge"). Ousted since 14c. by county, from Anglo-Fr. The gentrified sense is from The Shires, used by people in other parts of England of those counties that end in -shire; sense transfered to the hunting country of the Midlands (1860).
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~ n 1 the shires the country areas in the central part of England 2 BrE old use a county ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(shires) 1. The Shires or the shire counties are the counties of England that have a lot of countryside and farms. Smart country people are fleeing back to the shires. N-COUNT: usu the N in pl 2. A shire or shire horse is a large heavy horse used for pulling loads. (BRIT) N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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geographical name river 250 miles (400 kilometers) S Malawi & central Mozambique flowing from Lake Malawi S into the Zambezi SHIRE noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scir office, ~; akin to Old High German scira care Date: before 12th century 1. an administrative subdivision; especially a county in England 2. any of an old breed of large heavy draft horses of British origin having heavily feathered legs ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. Brit. 1 a county. 2 (the Shires) a a group of English counties with names ending or formerly ending in -shire, extending NE from Hampshire and Devon. b the midland counties of England. c the fox-hunting district of mainly Leicestershire and Northants. 3 Austral. a rural area with its own elected council. Phrases and idioms shire-horse a heavy powerful type of draught-horse bred chiefly in the midland counties of England. Etymology: OE scir, OHG scira care, official charge: orig. unkn. SHIRE suffix forming the names of counties (Derbyshire; Hampshire). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уст. графство knight of the shire —- ист. представитель графства в парламенте 2. уст. (the Shires) центральные графства Англии 3. сокр. от shire horse шайр (тяжеловозная порода лошадей); тяжеловоз 4. (-shire) как компонент сложных слов в названиях графств Hampshire —- Гемпшир Yorkshire —- Йоркшир ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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