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noun
1.
one of the counties of Great Britain.
2.
the Shires, the counties in the Midlands in which hunting is especially popular.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English scīr office of administration, jurisdiction of such an office, county
before 900; Middle English; Old English scīr office of administration, jurisdiction of such an office, county
Related forms
sub·shire, noun
un·der·shire, noun
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Word Origin & History
shire
O.E. scir "administrative office or district," from P.Gmc. *skizo (cf. O.H.G. scira "care, official charge"). Ousted since 14c. by Anglo-Fr. county (q.v.). The gentrified sense is from The Shires (1796), used by people in other parts of England of those counties that end
EXPAND in -shire; sense transferred to the hunting country of the Midlands (1860).
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