Jersey
proper noun
- island near Britain
- place name
noun
- fabric type
- upper-body clothing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/ / /ˈd͡ʒɝzi/ / /ˈd͡ʒɛrze/
name
Etymology: From Middle English Gersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, further etymology disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) + ey (“island”). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the Latin translation of the island.
- An island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.
“Holonyms: Channel Islands < Earth, World”
“They usually holiday on Jersey or the Isle of Man.”
- New Jersey.
“Holonyms: United States of America < Earth, World”
“He washes dishes in Manhattan. He commutes from Jersey, just like many others who can't afford Manhattan's ridiculous rents.”
- A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.
“The Jersey is the queen of the creamery, in his estimation.”
“In illustrating this short article upon the Jersey cow I am happy in securing cuts of five typical Jersey cows of national reputation, each representing a different family of breeding and somewhat different type, but all of great merit, namely: Old Lady Mary, Old Jersey Bell of Scituate, Mary Ann of St. Lambert, Chroma (of St. Hellier breeding) and Bisson's Belle. These cuts give the reader a fair ideal of the well developed Jersey cow. In presenting some of the good qualities of the Jersey cow I would not be understood as presenting her as the only dairy cow. I simply maintain that she is a specially bred butter cow and that she produces butter of the best quality at the lowest cost of production. Her superiority in these regards was made apparent in the competitive test of dairy breeds at the great Columbian exposition at Chicago.”
- An English earldom.
- A town in Georgia, United States.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English Gersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, further etymology disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) + ey (“island”). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the Latin translation of the island.
- A cow of the Jersey breed.
“She's our butter queen, our dandy Jersey, Mary Ann.”
“STATEMENT. The herd of Jerseys herein catalogued has been collected by purchase since the summer of 1880. The animals were bought, with few exceptions, either upon the Island of Jersey or at public auction in this country. The exceptions are a few cows from the fine herd of the proprietor's father, Mr. F. C. Havemeyer, of Throgg's Neck, Westchester County, and a few purchased in dam. In establishing the herd, the object was to obtain one hundred cows of the highest possible excellence, judged by their milk and butter yield, their fitness for breeders (constitution), and their typical excellence as Jerseys, and neither time, pains, nor expense, which could reasonably contribute to this end, have been spared.”