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1.NounAn administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially , a county having a name ending in -shire."Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.; When are you coming back to the shire?"
2.NounAn administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially , a county having a name ending in -shire."Yorkshire is the largest shire in England."
3.NounThe people living in a shire (noun sense 1.1) considered collectively.
4.NounThe general area in which a person comes from or lives."When are you coming back to the shire?"
5.NounAn administrative area or district in other countries.
An outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.
6.NounAn outer suburban or rural local government area which elects its own council.
7.NounEllipsis of shire horse (“a draught horse of a tall British breed, usually bay, black, or grey”).
8.NounA district or province governed by a person; specifically , the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
A region; also, a country.
9.NounA district or province governed by a person; specifically , the province of an archbishop, the see of a bishop, etc.
10.NounA region; also, a country.
11.VerbTo constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties."County Longford was shired in 1586."