Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sheriff. Compare
earl . - noun A man belonging to “the shires” (which see, under
shire ).
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Examples
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Major was a ruddy-complexioned man in his late forties with the closed, hard face of a York-shireman, a handlebar mustache, and the kind of mien one found only in retired boxers, which as it turned out he had been during his stint in the army.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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He worked desperately hard, and having, through his fellow-shireman Samuel Read, become connected with the "Illustrated London News," he made for it many drawings of the sort now called "actuality."
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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"zone_info": "huffpost. politics/blog; politics = 1; nickname = bill-shireman; entry_id = 428629; climate-change = 1; health = 1; health-care = 1; health-care-reform = 1; healthcare = 1; massachusetts = 1; scott-brown = 1; senate = 1",
Bill Shireman: After Massachusetts, Hope Finally Has a Chance 2010
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"zone_info": "huffpost. politics/blog; politics = 1; nickname = bill-shireman; entry_id = 249088; @ypolitics = 1",
Bill Shireman: Time for a Red-Blue-Green Alliance - Now 2009
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"zone_info": "huffpost. premium/blog; nickname = bill-shireman; entry_id = 387544; climate-change = 1; congress = 1; democrats = 1; freedom = 1; green-politics = 1; health = 1; health-care = 1; health-care-reform = 1; libertarian = 1; republican-party = 1; republicans = 1; ron-paul = 1",
Bill Shireman: As Congress Collapses, a Call to Greens and Libertarians: Get Ready to Govern 2009
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"zone_info": "huffpost. premium/blog; nickname = bill-shireman; entry_id = 257409; @ylifestyle = 1; @ypolitics = 1; christianity = 1; george-bush = 1; george-w-bush = 1; hate-speech = 1; islam = 1; muslim = 1; religion = 1; religion-and-politics = 1",
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"zone_info": "huffpost. premium/blog; nickname = bill-shireman; entry_id = 408431; breaking-politics-news = 1; conservatives = 1; drugs = 1; limbaugh = 1; politics = 1; republican-party = 1; republicans = 1; rush-limbaugh = 1",
Bill Shireman: Get Well, Mr. Limbaugh, But Don't Rush Back 2009
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"zone_info": "huffpost. green/blog; green = 1; nickname = bill-shireman; entry_id = 375714; cap-and-trade = 1; carbon-tax = 1; climate-change = 1; global-warming = 1",
Bill Shireman: Americans' Support for Climate Action Still Overwhelming 2009
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"zone_info": "huffpost. green/blog; green = 1; nickname = bill-shireman; entry_id = 170929; climate = 1; climate-change = 1; climate-crisis = 1; intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change = 1; obama-climate-change = 1; powershift = 1; powershift09 = 1; socialists = 1",
Bill Shireman: PowerShift and Conservative PAC - The Journey to Truth from Hate 2009
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"zone_info": "huffpost. green/blog; featured-posts = 1; green = 1; nickname = bill-shireman; entry_id = 333852; 350org = 1; barack-obama = 1; climate-bill = 1; climate-change = 1; jon-stewart = 1; rush-limbaugh = 1; sustainability = 1; tea-party = 1",
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