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swannery

Syllables: swan·ne·ry/ˈswɒn.ə.ɹi/

swannery noun: a place where swans are bred.

Noun

swannery (plural swanneries)

  1. A place where swans are bred.
    • At Abbotsbury, in Dorsetshire, there was formerly a noble swannery, the property of the Earl of Ilchester, where six or seven hundred were kept...1845, S. G. Goodrich, Illustrative Anecdotes Of The Animal Kingdom, page 197
    • For years a large swannery existed among the islands, and the “king's swanner” used to come down and hold his periodical courts.1858, Walter White, chapter 6, in A Month In Yorkshire, page 40

Forms of swannery

pluralswanneries

Origin of swannery

From swan + -ery.

Questions about swannery

What does swannery mean?
Swannery means a place where swans are bred.
What part of speech is swannery?
Swannery is a noun.
How do you pronounce swannery?
Swannery is pronounced /ˈswɒn.ə.ɹi/.
What is the plural of swannery?
The plural of swannery is swanneries.

Words near swannery in the dictionary

  1. swanned
  2. Swannee
  3. Swanner
  4. swanneries
  5. Swanners
  6. swannery
  7. swanness
  8. swannier
  9. swanniest
  10. swanning
  11. Swannington

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