surrey
Syllables: sur·rey/ˈsʌɹi/US/ˈsʌɹi/
surrey noun: a light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.
Noun
surrey (plural surreys)
- A light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.
- The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons.1874 April 1, “Half-spring No-top Surrey”, in The Hub, volume 16, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Hub Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 9, column 2
- It suffered a wide verandah, one side of which led directly into the stables where, in former days, horses, surreys, and buggies had been kept, and where now two cars were housed— […]1941 September, August W[illiam] Derleth, “Beyond the Threshold”, in D. McIlwraith, editor, Weird Tales, volume 36, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Weird Tales, →OCLC; republished in Robert M[cNair] Price...
Proper noun capitalized: Surrey
Surrey
- An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
- The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.
- A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.
- Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News.2000 June 28, Tom Yeung, “Using his death?”, in Xtra Magazine, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024
- A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States.
- A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
surrey meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
surrey in Hindi
- सर्रे
surrey in Tamil
- பெட்டி வண்டி
surrey in Marathi
- सर्रे
surrey in Bengali
- সার্রে, সর্রে
More languagesFewer languages
- surrey in Telugu
- సర్రే
- surrey in Nepali
- सर्रे
Forms of surrey
| plural | surreys |
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Origin of surrey
From the Surrey cart, a type of carriage originally made in the county of Surrey in England, UK, and introduced into the USA in 1872.
From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).
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Questions about surrey
- What does surrey mean?
- Surrey means a light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.
- What is surrey in Hindi?
- Surrey in Hindi is सर्रे. See Surrey meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is surrey?
- Surrey can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce surrey?
- Surrey is pronounced /ˈsʌɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of surrey?
- The plural of surrey is surreys.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: surrey (page history and authors); Surrey (page history and authors); surrey (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrey (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surrey (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrey (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrey (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrey (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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