English Explanatory Dictionary

sherry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
  2. A variety of sherry.
  3. A glass of sherry.
name
  1. A female given name from English, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri.
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃɛɹi/ en-us-sherry.ogg

Word forms

sherry sherries Sherrys Cheri Sheri Sherri

Etymology

Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).

Related words

amontillado

Derived words

cooking sherry natural sherry sherried sherrify sherrylike sherry vinegar washing sherry Sherrilynn
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