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Jerez

Jerez proper noun: a city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.

Proper noun

Jerez

  1. A city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.
  2. A town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Official name: Jerez de los Caballeros.

Noun

Jerez (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) sherry
    • Not being accustomed to drink any but watered wine, he was imprudent enough to take down at one swallow a glass of Jerez.1880, Edmondo De Amicis, Spain and the Spaniards, page 405
    • He moved to the tantalus, poured her a glass of the sherry she preferred, and, holding his own as well, carried the glass of Jerez to her.2019, Stephanie Laurens, A Conquest Impossible to Resist

Origin of Jerez

Borrowed from Spanish Jerez. Doublet of sherry and Xeres.

Phrases with Jerez

Questions about Jerez

What does Jerez mean?
Jerez means a city in the province of Cádiz, western Andalusia, Spain. Official name: Jerez de la Frontera.
What part of speech is Jerez?
Jerez can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Jerez in the dictionary

  1. Jeremy Diddler
  2. Jeremy Diddlers
  3. Jeremys
  4. jerepigo
  5. jerepigos
  6. Jerez
  7. Jerez de la Frontera
  8. Jerezano
  9. jerfalcon
  10. jerfalcons
  11. Jergarbal

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