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Jersey

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English

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a friendly Jersey (noun sense 2)

Etymology

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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.

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Jersey

  2. 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
    Comeronyms: Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Jethou
    They usually holiday on Jersey or the Isle of Man.
    • 2018, Oliver Bullough, chapter 3, in Moneyland, Profile Books, →ISBN:
      The resilience of Jersey’s elite is not new (Jersey is perhaps the only place in Europe that had the same government before, during and after Nazi occupation) but it had never previously been described with such forensic force.
  4. (US, informal, especially following north or south) 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.
    • 2006, Josh Rouse, “Jersey Clowns”, in Subtítulo, performed by Josh Rouse:
      Who's gonna break the news
      that his lady's runnin loose
      Yeah it's gettin around
      I gotta tell him the truth
      But I don't wanna do it
      Don't wanna bring him down
      cause bein down with some Jersey clowns
      can almost drive you insane
      […]
      Tell the boys in the back
      you've got some room for Dan
      I'm sure he'd be grateful
      He's comin home today
      Who's gonna break the news
      that his lady's runnin loose
      Yeah it's gettin around
      I gotta tell him the truth
      But I don't wanna do it
      Don't wanna bring him down
      cause bein down with some Jersey clowns
      can almost drive you insane
      Bein down with some Jersey clowns
      can almost drive you insane
      Insane
  5. A certain English earldom.
  7. A town in Georgia, United States.

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Noun

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Jersey (plural Jerseys)

  2. A breed of dairy cattle developed on Jersey.
    Coordinate terms: Guernsey, Alderney, Ayrshire, Frisian, Holstein
    The Jersey is the queen of the creamery, in my neighbor's estimation.
    • 1896, Homer W. Vail, “The Jersey Cow, the Butter Queen”, in Vermont State Board of Agriculture, edited by C.M. Winslow, Sixteenth Vermont Agricultural Report by the State Board of Agriculture for the Year 1896‎[1], Burlington, Vermont, USA: Free Press Association, page 29:
      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.
    • 2018, Mark Kurlansky, “Chapter 1: The First Taste of Sweetness”, in Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:
      Different milks have varying amounts of fats, proteins, and lactose, and arguments abound over the relative merits and possible harms of each. For many centuries, milk with a high fat content was considered to be the best, and low-fat or skimmed milk was considered fraudulent—in fact, selling it was often illegal. Cow breeds that produce milk with a high fat content, such as Ayrshires, Jerseys, and Guernseys, have always been valued, especially for cheesemaking.
  4. Any individual of this breed.
    Coordinate terms: Guernsey, Alderney, Frisian, Holstein
    She's our butter queen, our dandy Jersey, Mary Ann.
    • 1883, Theodore Augustus Havemeyer, The Mountainside Breeding-herd of Jersey Cattle, Mahwah, New Jersey‎[2], Vaux and Company:
      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.
    • 1901 August 28, E W. Richter, “[advertisement]”, in The Jersey Bulletin‎[3], volume 20, number 35, Indianapolis, Indiana, page 1:
      CHOICE JERSEYS
      For Sale Cheap.
      The very handsome Jersey bull BROWN BESSIE'S CAPTAIN 50005, four years old, solid color; shows fine calves and heifers.
      Also, two registered cows of fine individuality and breeding, both young and fine dairy animals.
      E. W. RICHTER,
      Owatonna, Minn.

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Catalan

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Proper noun

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Jersey m

  1. Jersey

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Jersey.

Proper noun

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Jersey (genitive Jerseys)

  1. Jersey (island)

French

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Jersey f

  1. Jersey (island)
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Italian

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Jersey m

  1. Jersey (island)
  2. the letter J in the Italian spelling alphabet
    Synonym: Jesolo
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References

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  1. ^ Jersey in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Jersey

  1. Jersey (island in the Channel Islands)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Jersey

  1. Jersey (island in the Channel Islands)
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Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Jersey f

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

Spanish

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Proper noun

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Jersey f

  1. Jersey

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