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HuffPost Lightboxa race for three-year-old horses that is run annually at Epsom Downs, near London, England: first run in 1780.
any of certain other important annual horse races, usually for three-year-old horses, especially the .
(lowercase) a race or contest, usually one open to all who wish to enter and offering a prize for the winner.
(lowercase) any endeavor or venture regarded as a competition: to win the gubernatorial derby.
(lowercase). Also called . a stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim, worn chiefly by men.
1830-40; after Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (died 1834), who instituted the race
a city in Derbyshire in central England.
a city in S Connecticut.
UnabridgedBased on the Random House Dictionary, (C) Random House, Inc. 2015.
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So please enjoy “One Red Rose: The Green Kid on Middleground Plucks a Derby Trophy,” which ran on May 6, 1950.
May 2, 2014
It was Derby Day when Clarissa came home to find her mother dead.
March 21, 2014
And that was the turning point to where I was like, OK, Derby first and everything else after.
June 22, 2012
It would be the first time an Oaks and Derby winner would face off in the Preakness.
June 3, 2009
However astute she may remain in her old age on picking Derby winners.
April 25, 2011
Historical Examples
Derby sat near his charge, who showed no signs of returning consciousness.
Emily Post
The latest proprietor of those times was James, Earl of Derby.
Richard B. Cook
The Earl of Derby, notwithstanding his fine and gentlemanly bearing, comes in for his share of the Punch caricature.
But about the Derby, I have reasons for wishing to win that race, reasons other than the money.
W. A. Fraser
The Leveretts were at their breakfast in the large sunny room in Derby Street.
Amanda Minnie Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for
noun (pl) -bies
(US & Canadian) a stiff felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow curved brim Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) bowler
the Derby, an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics
any of various other horse races
local Derby, a football match between two teams from the same area
C18: named after the twelfth Earl of Derby (died 1834), who founded the horse race at Epsom Downs in 1780
a city in central England, in Derby unitary authority, Derbyshire: engineering industries (esp aircraft engines and railway rolling stock); university (1991). Pop: 229 407 (2001)
a unitary authority in central England, in Derbyshire. Pop: 233 200 (2003 est). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)
a firm-textured pale-coloured type of cheese
sage Derby, a green-and-white Derby cheese flavoured with sage
Earl of. title of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley. , B Conservative prime minister (–59; 1866–68)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition (C) William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
(C) HarperCollinsPublishers , , ,
Word Origin and History for
type of hat," manufactured in U.S. 1850, name appears 1870, perhaps from annual Derby horse race in England, where this type of hat was worn. Race was begun 1780 by the 12th Earl of D the name was used for any major horse race after 1875. Derby the English shire is Old English Deorby "deer village," from deor "deer" + by "habitation, homestead," from a Scandinavian source (see ).
Online Etymology Dictionary, (C) 2010 Douglas Harper
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