shire

Noun
  1. A former administrative district of England;
    Equivalent to a county (synset 108605383)
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    is a type of: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes
    has: county town, shire town - the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
  2. British breed of large heavy draft horse (synset 102389998)
    is a type of: draft horse, draught horse, dray horse - horse adapted for drawing heavy loads
    same as: shire horse

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