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Derby
1[ dur-bee; British dahr-bee ]
Derby
2[ dur-bee; British dahr-bee ]
noun
- a race for three-year-old horses that is run annually at Epsom Downs, near London, England: first run in 1780.
- any of certain other important annual horse races, usually for three-year-old horses, especially the Kentucky Derby.
- (lowercase) a race or contest, usually one open to all who wish to enter and offering a prize for the winner.
- (lowercase) any endeavor or venture regarded as a competition:
to win the gubernatorial derby.
- (lowercase) Also called bowler. a stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim, worn chiefly by men.
derby
1/ ˈɜːɪ /
noun
- a stiff felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow curved brim Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)bowler
Derby
2/ ˈɜːɪ; ˈɑːɪ /
noun
- the Derbyan annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics
- any of various other horse races
- local Derbya football match between two teams from the same area
Derby
3/ ˈɑːɪ /
noun
- a city in central England, in Derby unitary authority, Derbyshire: engineering industries (esp aircraft engines and railway rolling stock); university (1991). Pop: 229 407 (2001)
- a unitary authority in central England, in Derbyshire. Pop: 233 200 (2003 est). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)
- a firm-textured pale-coloured type of cheese
- sage Derbya green-and-white Derby cheese flavoured with sage
Derby
4/ ˈɑːɪ /
noun
- Derby, Earl of17991869MBritishPOLITICS: statesman Earl of. title of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley. 1799–1869, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1852; 1858–59; 1866–68)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Derby1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Derby1
Example Sentences
Excel Parking, which has been criticised for charging drivers £100 if they took more than five minutes to pay at a car park in Derby, has been doing the same in Darlington.
"It was not easy for me to tell him it won't continue," Guardiola told the media at his scheduled pre-match news conference before Sunday's Manchester derby at Old Trafford.
Eclipse also won the 2017 Belmont Stakes with Tapwrit and has had some reasonably good showings in the Kentucky Derby.
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, which is managed by Wellman, is front and center in the road to the Kentucky Derby with a standout colt named Journalism.
The son of Curlin is the future book leader at 4-1, with betting in the final Derby advance pool set to close Saturday at 1 p.m.
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