Surrey Meaning
/ˈsʌɹi/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.
nameAn inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
Sentence Examples
We spent the weekend exploring the beautiful countryside of Surrey.
Surrey is a county in the south of England near the city of London.
The tourists enjoyed a ride in a horse-drawn surrey.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The couple rode in a horse-drawn ____ through the park on a sunny afternoon.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A ____ is a traditional type of horse-drawn carriage that was very popular in the nineteenth century today.
Word Origin & History
From Old English Sūþrigē, Sūþrigēa (“southern region”), from sūþerne (“southern”) + -gē (“district, region”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News."
— 2000 June 28, Tom Yeung, “Using his death?”, in Xtra Magazine, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2024:
"The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons."
— 1874 April 1, “Half-spring No-top Surrey”, in The Hub, volume 16, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Hub Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 9, column 2:
"It suffered a wide verandah, one side of which led directly into the stables where, in former days, horses, surreys, and buggies had been kept, and where now two cars were housed— […]"
— 1941 September, August W[illiam] Derleth, “Beyond the Threshold”, in D. McIlwraith, editor, Weird Tales, volume 36, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Weird Tales, →OCLC; republished in Robert M[cNair] Price, editor, The Ithaqua Cycle: The Wind-walker of the Icy Wastes (Chaosium Publication; no. 6021), Hayward, Calif.: Chaosium, 2006, →ISBN, page 84:
"When I take you out, tonight, with me, / Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be: / You will set behind a team of snow white horses, / In the slickest gig you ever see! // Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry / When I take you out in the surrey, / When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!"
— 1943, “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top”, in Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics), Richard Rodgers (music), Oklahoma!:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The couple rode in a horse-drawn ____ through the park on a sunny afternoon.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A ____ is a traditional type of horse-drawn carriage that was very popular in the nineteenth century today.