shire
English Thesaurus
1. British breed of large heavy draft horse (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | draft horse, draught horse, dray horse, |
| definition | : | horse adapted for drawing heavy loads (noun.animal) |
2. a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | administrative district, administrative division, territorial division, |
| definition | : | a district defined for administrative purposes (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | county town, shire town, |
| definition | : | the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire (noun.location) |
| domain region | : | britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, |
| definition | : | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location) |
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