surrey

¹ American  

[sur-ee, suhr-ee] / ˈsɜr i, ˈsʌr i /

noun

plural

surreys

1. a light, four-wheeled, two-seated carriage, with or without a top, for four persons.

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Surrey ² American  

[sur-ee, suhr-ee] / ˈsɜr i, ˈsʌr i /

noun

1. Earl of Henry Howard, 1517?–47, English poet.

2. a county in SE England, bordering S London. 648 sq. mi. (1,680 sq. km).

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Surrey ¹ British  

/ ˈsʌrɪ /

noun

1. 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: 1 064 600 (2003 est). Area: 1679 sq km (648 sq miles)

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Surrey ² British  

/ ˈsʌrɪ /

noun

1. 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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surrey ³ British  

/ ˈsʌrɪ /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage having two or four seats

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Etymology

Origin of surrey

1890–95; after Surrey, England

Example Sentences

If you want to travel around the lake in style, rent a surrey bike, which Wheel Fun Rentals calls a “modern day carriage.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

Over the surrey period, the researcher documented only one potential unprovoked shark bite at one of the observed aggregation sites.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2023

We watched as a barge slowly entered Salmon Bay through the Ballard Locks, kayaked across Lake Union and rode a surrey bike along Alki Beach.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2021

As a little girl, growing up on the West Side of Manhattan, I had no idea where Oklahoma was, nor the slightest notion of what a surrey might be, but no matter.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018

“Go on, T. P. Drive that surrey like Roskus told you, now.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner