Meaning shire
What does shire mean? Here you find 7 meanings of the word shire. You can also add a definition of shire yourself

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Old English scir "administrative office, jurisdiction, stewardship, authority," also in particular use "district, province, country," from Proto-Germanic *skizo (source also of Old [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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informal division of land, usually in the United Kingdom or New England. In Australia, a shire is a unit of local government.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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English county. The shire court conduct the administrative, judicial and financial business of of people living in the county.    (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)
Source: netserf.org

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(n) a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county(n) British breed of large heavy draft horse
Source: beedictionary.com

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n. "shire," s.v. shire sb. OED. KEY: shire@n
Source: sites.fas.harvard.edu

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n 4 shire 3 shires 1
Source: sites.fas.harvard.edu

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An administrative district, roughly equivilent to our modern county. The term Shire might also refer to the Court of that county. TRE
Source: britainexpress.com





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