Thesaurus: shire
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, Halla…
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- n. 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.
- n. A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
- n. a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county
- n. British breed of large heavy draft horse
- n:100 n. a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county n. British breed of large heavy draft horse