English Explanatory Dictionary

Newmarket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Forest Heath district, with a famous racecourse (OS grid ref TL6463).
  2. A hamlet in Clay Cross parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3863).
  3. A hamlet in Nailsworth parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8399).
  4. A settlement just north of Stornoway, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4235).
  5. A town in north-west County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3107).
  6. A townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
  7. A town in Ontario, Canada.
  8. A ghost town in Marion County, Missouri, United States.
  9. A town and census-designated place therein, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
  10. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, north-west of the city centre.
  11. An inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
noun
  1. A long, close-fitting cloak.
  2. A card game in which players try to play their cards in a sequence selected by cards from a second deck.

Word forms

Newmarket Newmarkets

Etymology

The cloak and card game are named after the English town.

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