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sher⋅ry

  [sher-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
a fortified, amber-colored wine of southern Spain or any of various similar wines made elsewhere.
Origin:
1590–1600; back formation from sherris, construed as a plural

Sher⋅ry

  [sher-ee]
–noun
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
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sher·ry   (shěr'ē)   
n.   pl. sher·ries

  1. A fortified Spanish wine ranging from very dry to sweet and from amber to brown.

  2. A similar wine made elsewhere.


[Alteration of sherris (taken as pl.), after Xeres (Jerez), Spain.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

sherry 
kind of white wine, 1608, mistaken singular from sherris (1540), from Sp. vino de Xeres "wine from Xeres," modern Jerez (L. urbs Caesaris), near the port of Cadiz, where the wine was made.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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