HAMPSHIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hampshire mean? 

• HAMPSHIRE (noun)
  The noun HAMPSHIRE has 2 senses:

1. a county of southern England on the English Channel

2. British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep

  Familiarity information: HAMPSHIRE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAMPSHIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A county of southern England on the English Channel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)

Meronyms (parts of "Hampshire"):

Winchester (a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire)

New Forest (an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in 1079; originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland; noted for its ponies)

Holonyms ("Hampshire" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hampshire; Hampshire down

Hypernyms ("Hampshire" is a kind of...):

domestic sheep; Ovis aries (any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin)

 Context examples 

In the ancient and populous county of Hampshire there was no lack of leaders or of soldiers for a service which promised either honor or profit.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Hampshire pig is one of the larger pig breeds used in biomedical research.

(Hampshire Pig, NCI Thesaurus)

Holmes had been buried in the morning papers all the way down, but after we had passed the Hampshire border he threw them down and began to admire the scenery.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I’ll run down to Mr. Beddoes in Hampshire. He’ll be as glad to see me as you were, I daresay.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It’s seven miles to Hampshire border and about two to Surrey,” said Jackson.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dyn's corporate headquarters are in New Hampshire.

(Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US, Wikinews)

A census region of the United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

(Northeastern United States Census Region, NCI Thesaurus)

A census division of the United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

(New England Census Division, NCI Thesaurus)

"Contrary to popular belief, apologies don't soften the blow of rejections," says Dr. Gili Freedman, lead author of this study, currently based at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

(Sometimes You Shouldn't Say Sorry, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

What Alleyne saw and wondered at in Hampshire would have appealed equally to the traveller in any other English county from the Channel to the marches of Scotland.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)