What is the name meaning of SHIRE. Phrases containing SHIRE
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SHIRE
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meaning 'shireman' or 'shearman.
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A flower, Rain tree
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English
English : habitational name from Shirecliff in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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English : regional name denoting someone from the county of Berkshire in central southern England. The place name is derived from a Celtic name meaning ‘hilly place’ + Old English scīr ‘shire’.
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English : variant spelling of Shears or possibly a variant of Shires.
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English : habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, around which once stood the famous Sherwood Forest. The place is so called from Old English scīr ‘shire’ or scīr ‘bright’ + wudu ‘wood’.Americanized form of some Jewish name.
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English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : patronymic from Shear.
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English : from Middle English schireman, Old English scīrman, literally ‘shire man’. This was a name for a sherriff or other administrative official of a county; later it came to mean ‘bailiff’ or ‘steward’.
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Sweet, Pleasant, Gentle, Delicate
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English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : variant of Sly.Scottish : either of English origin, as in 1, or a habitational name from a place such as Sliach in Glengairn, Sleach in Strathdon, Slioch in Drumblade, Sleich in former Perthshire, or Slioch in former Ross-shire.
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English
English : variant of Lind 2 and Line 1.Irish : variant of Lane 2.Scottish : habitational name from places so named in Ayrshire, Peebles-shire, and Wigtownshire.
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English : occupational name for a sheriff, from Middle English schiref, shreeve, shryve ‘sheriff’, from Old English scīr ‘shire’, ‘administrative district’ + (ge)rēfa ‘reeve’ (see Reeve). In some cases it may have arisen from a nickname.
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English and Irish (County Limerick; of English origin)
English and Irish (County Limerick; of English origin) : from Old English scīr, Middle English s(c)hire ‘shire’, perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by the meeting place of a shire.
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English (of Norman origin) and French
English (of Norman origin) and French : from Anglo-Norman French lo(u)vet, a nickname meaning ‘wolf cub’, ‘young wolf’ (see Love, Low).Scottish : variant of Lovat, a habitational name for a sept of the Frasers from Lovat near Beauly in Inverness-shire, so named from Gaelic lobh ‘rot’, ‘putrefy’ + the locative suffix -aid.
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Sweet, Pleasant, Gentle, Delicate
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Tamil
Shireesha | ஷீரிஷாÂ
Flower, Shining Sun
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name for a sheriff, from Middle English schiref ‘sheriff’, ‘administrative officer of an English shire’, from Old English scīr ‘shire’ + (ge)rēfa ‘reeve’ (see Reeve). Compare Shreve.
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English and Irish (County Limerick)
English and Irish (County Limerick) : variant of Shire.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a Talmudic teacher, from Yiddish shier ‘lesson of the Talmud’.Americanized spelling of German Schier.
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Cuts the nap of woolen cloth. 'Shireman' In medieval times the shireman served as governor-judge...
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(شیرین) Variant spelling of Persian Shirin, SHIREEN means "sweet."
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The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
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One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
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A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.
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an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc.
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A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
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A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.