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Guernsey

Guernsey

See also: guernsey

English

Proper noun

Guernsey

  1. The second-largest of the Channel Islands.
  2. An unincorporated community in California.
  3. A city in Iowa.
  4. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A town in Wyoming.

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Noun

Guernsey (plural Guernsey)

  1. A breed of dairy cattle originally bred in Guernsey.

Noun

Guernsey (plural Guernseys)

  1. A specimen of the Guernsey breed.
  2. A knitted fisherman’s sweater of a type made on the island.
  3. A long-sleeved shirt worn by sportsmen, especially in rugby codes (historically).
  4. (Australia) A team-liveried shirt; a jersey.
  5. (Australia) Selection or election to a position.

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Italian

Proper noun

Guernsey ?

  1. Guernsey (island)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Guernsey

  1. Guernsey (an island in the Channel Islands)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Guernsey

  1. Guernsey (an island in the Channel Islands)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Guernsey f

  1. Guernsey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom in the English Channel)

Spanish

Proper noun

Guernsey ?

  1. Guernsey

guernsey

guernsey

See also: Guernsey

English

Noun

guernsey (plural guernseys)

  1. A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 33:
      At work I wore a guernsey, or a singlet if it was too hot in the greenhouses; but when I sat on the galley wall of a Sunday evening watching the girls pass, I was wearing my best.
  2. (Australia, Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players.

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