Yorkshire Definition

yôrkshîr, -shər
noun
Any of a breed of pure-white hog orig. developed in Yorkshire.
Webster's New World
(informal) Shorter name for Yorkshire pudding.
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pronoun

England's largest county. Situated in the north-east England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.

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Noun

Singular:
Yorkshire
Plural:
yorkshires

Origin of Yorkshire

  • From Old English EoferwicscÄ«r (“Yorkshire"); Eoferwic (“York") +"Ž scÄ«r (“shire")

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Yorkshire Sentence Examples

  • He was educated at Richmond, Yorkshire, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1809.

  • It has stations on the London & North-Western and the Lancashire & Yorkshire railways, with running powers for the Midland railway.

  • There is now no doubt that William Gascoigne, a young gentleman of Yorkshire, was the first 1 Gran, History of Physical Astronomy, p. 449.

  • William Crabtree, a friend of his, taking a journey to Yorkshire in 1639 to see Gascoigne, writes thus to his friend Jeremiah Horrocks.

  • His father was one of a Yorkshire family who, for three generations, had been supporters of the Evangelical movement in the Church of England.

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Words Starting With

YYOYOR

Words Ending With

EREIRE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With Y9 Letter Words Ending With E