Meanings
- A county of eastern England bordered by South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and the North Sea.
The king experienced his first attack in autumn 1788, and as his condition worsened and the physicians-in-ordinary proved unable to cope or cure, the Reverend Dr Francis Willis (1717–1807), a clergyman doctor who ran a madhouse in Lincolnshire, was called in.
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 2632 more examples
On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services.
2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)Rutland (and some of the bordering ‘Notswolds’ counties of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire) have the same mellow, creamy limestone as the Cotswolds and boast beguiling market towns and villages that are every bit as attractive, but without the tourists or hefty prices.
2024 November 19, Nicola Venning, “Welcome to the Notswolds”, in Country Life, archived from the original on 14 May 2025Synonyms: Lincs
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA county of eastern England bordered by South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and the North Sea.
Origin
- Old EnglishLincolnesċīr
- Middle EnglishLincolneschire
- EnglishLincolnshire
Inherited from Middle English Lincolneschire, Lincolnschire, from late Old English Lincolnesċīr (first recorded in the 11th century); equivalent to Lincoln + -shire.
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Bengali লিংকনশায়ার, লিঙ্কনশায়ার
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Chinese Mandarin 林肯郡
- 林肯郡 (Línkěn jùn)Translations
Cite this entry
Lincolnshire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lincolnshire
“Lincolnshire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lincolnshire. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lincolnshire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lincolnshire.
Source: Lincolnshire on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.