Dorsetshire

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/ˈdɔː(ɹ)sɪtʃɪə(ɹ)//ˈdɔː(ɹ)sɪtʃə(ɹ)/

proper noun

Dorset.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. archaicDorset.

    Towards the end of the first world war, construction was begun on a branch to connect Bovington Camp with the London & South Western Railway at Wool, Dorsetshire.

    1954 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: Bovington Camp Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 735
Cite this entry
APA

Dorsetshire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorsetshire

MLA

“Dorsetshire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorsetshire. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dorsetshire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dorsetshire.

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