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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)
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Derby1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Derby1
Example Sentences
Tarkowski caught Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister just below the knee with his studs in the 11th minute of the Merseyside derby at Anfield.
Rennie made history in 1997 when he officiated a match between Derby County and Wimbledon, becoming the top division's first black referee.
It was a challenge that would not have looked out of place in a derby in years gone by - but even Everton manager David Moyes considered his captain James Tarkowski "lucky" to stay on the pitch.
So what did the officials get right and wrong in another controversial Merseyside derby?
Ex-England goalkeeper Joe Hart on Match of the Day: "This is a Merseyside derby tackle of old but it is reckless. He has got way too carried away and it could have ended so badly. Mac Allister is lucky to be standing up. The fact he has got the ball is irrelevant because it is dangerous."
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