Derby

['dɝbi]

Definition

(n.) A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.

(n.) A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.

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Definition

n. a great horse-race held annually on the Derby Day on the Wednesday before Whitsuntide on Epsom Downs near London so called from the Derby stakes instituted by the Earl of Derby in 1780; a rounded felt hat with narrow brim.—ns. Der′byshire-neck a form of the disease goitre occurring in Derbyshire; Der′byshire-spar a fluorspar found in Derbyshire.

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