Meanings
- A midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.
A sense of timelessness prevails in the little Derbyshire village of Repton, which was once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 332, photo caption1 more example
Retired teacher Helene Ball won a three-year battle against Derbyshire County Council after it fenced off a 98cm gated gap between her garden and a council car park in April 2023.
2026 September 22, Ben Mellor, Helen McCarthy, “'Lego-type blocks' anger woman who was fenced in”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026, retrieved 22 Sep 2026 - A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old EnglishDēorbȳsċīr
- Middle EnglishDerbyschire
- EnglishDerbyshire
Inherited from Middle English Derbyschire, from late Old English Dēorbȳsċīr; equivalent to Derby + -shire.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Derbyshire
- DerbyshireTranslations
Ukrainian Дербішир
- Дербішир (Derbišyr)Translations
Cite this entry
Derbyshire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Derbyshire
“Derbyshire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Derbyshire. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Derbyshire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Derbyshire.
Source: Derbyshire on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.