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Definition: KERSEY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A kind of coarse, woolen cloth, usually ribbed, woven from wool of long staple.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Kersey" is a common misspelling or typo for: Jersey, kerseys.

Date "Kersey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Etymology:Kersey \Ker"sey\, noun; plural Kerseys. [Prob. from the town of Kersey in Suffolk, English]. (references)

Specialty Definition: KERSEY

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A species of coarse woolen cloth; a coarse stuff made chiefly in Kent and Devonshire in England.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Geography Kersey is geographically located in United Kingdom. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 52.05 degrees North latitude and 0.916667 degrees East longitude. (references)
Industry 1: A compact, lustrous, woolen fabric, diagonally ribbed or twilled, which is heavily milled and finished with a short nap. It is similar to melton. Source: European Union. (references)
  2: Plain wool cloth produced in Suffolk (England). Source: European Union. (references)
Literature Kersey A coarse cloth, usually ribbed, and woven from long wool; said to be so named from Kersey, in Suffolk, where it was originally made. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: KERSEY

Expressions Definition
Jerome Kersey Jerome Kersey (born June 26, 1962 in Clarksville, Virginia) was a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association for a number of teams, but most famously for the Portland Trail Blazers. He also has served in various coaching roles in the NBA. (references)
Kersey Graves Kersey Graves was born on 21 November, 1813, in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and died on 4 September, 1883, at Richmond, Indiana. Graves was a skeptic, atheist, spiritualist, theological reformist, and writer. His parents were Quakers, and as a young man he followed them in their observance, and then later moved to the Hicksite wing of Quakerism. Graves was largely self-educated, and at the age of 19 was teaching in a school at Richmond, a career he was to follow for more than twenty years. (references)
Paul Kersey Paul Kersey is the central character in the Death Wish novels and movies, which follow Kersey's crime-fighting activities beginning in the early 1970's and continuing for the next twenty years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: KERSEY

Kersey

Kersey may refer to:

  • Kersey (cloth), a coarse cloth

Places

United Kingdom
  • Kersey, Suffolk, a village in England
United States
  • Kersey, Colorado
  • Kersey, Indiana
  • Kersey, Pennsylvania, a location in Fox Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania

People

Surname

  • Hannah Kersey (born 1983), British woman with two wombs, gave birth to triplets in 2006
  • Jerome Kersey (born 1962), professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (US)
  • Paul Kersey:
    • Paul Kersey, the main character in the film Death Wish
    • Paul Kersey, drummer for the band Max Webster
    • Paul Kersey (born 1972), American actor, appeared in the film Hulk
  • Ron Kersey (1949–2005), American disco keyboardist and music producer

Given name

  • Kersey Coates (1823–1887), American businessman, developed Kansas City, Missouri
  • Kersey Graves (1813–1883), American skeptic, atheist and spiritualist

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Kersey". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: KERSEY

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Kersey 20     Graham Kersey 3
Kersey (cloth) 16     Hannah Kersey 3
Kersey Graves 8     Jerome Kersey 8
Jerome Kersey 8     Kersey 20
Kersey Coates 4     Kersey (cloth) 16
Ron Kersey 3     Kersey Coates 4
Graham Kersey 3     Kersey Graves 8
Hannah Kersey 3     Paul Kersey 2
Paul Kersey 2     Ron Kersey 3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"kersey" is a common misspelling or typo for: Jersey, kerseys.


Computed Synonyms: kersey

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 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.0095   kersey     russet     auburn, foxy, russets, rufous, rustic   
 2   1.1094   kersey     Saxony     Saxe, Saxon, Saxon people, lower Saxony, Duchy of Saxony   
 3   1.0695   kersey     kerseymere     cashmere, Kashmir, baize, kashmiri, worsted   
 4   1.0095   kersey     worsted     worsed, woollen, wool, licked, thrashed   
 5   1.0094   kersey     baize     bay, frame, aperture, Baily, Bayly   
 6   1.0094   kersey     woolen     woollen, worsted, fleecy, velvet, fleece   
 7   1.0093   kersey     drugget     carpet, rug, blanket, druggets, rugs   
 8   1.0093   kersey     Maud     rug, wrap, Scud, band, bid   
 9   1.0090   kersey     calamanco     woolen, Cheviot, Saxony, Maud, baize   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: KERSEY

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Andhra ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Andhra, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Armenian կոպիտ բրդե գործվածք (kersey). Additional references: Armenian, Armenia, Azerbaijan, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Armjanski Yazyk կոպիտ բրդե գործվածք (kersey). Additional references: Armjanski Yazyk, Armenia, Azerbaijan, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski вид груб вълнен плат (kersey). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) vid grub vʺlnen plat (kersey). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian kerseyové zboží (kersey). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese kersey (kersey), burel (kersey, russet). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian вид груб вълнен плат (kersey). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) vid grub vʺlnen plat (kersey). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Mongolian зузаан ноосон даавуу (kersey). Additional references: Central Mongolian, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Central (transliteration) zuzaan nooson daavuu (kersey). Additional references: Central Mongolian, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina kerseyové zboží (kersey). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 克瑟手织窄面斜纹呢 (kersey), 该粗绒布制裤子 (kersey). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 克瑟手織窄面斜紋呢 (kersey). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech kerseyové zboží (kersey). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Eesti kirsa (kersey). Additional references: Eesti, Estonia, Finland, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Ena կոպիտ բրդե գործվածք (kersey). Additional references: Ena, Armenia, Azerbaijan, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Ermeni Dili կոպիտ բրդե գործվածք (kersey). Additional references: Ermeni Dili, Armenia, Azerbaijan, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Ermenice կոպիտ բրդե գործվածք (kersey). Additional references: Ermenice, Armenia, Azerbaijan, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Estonian kirsa (kersey). Additional references: Estonian, Estonia, Finland, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Français cariset (kersey), carsaye (kersey), créseau (kersey). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
French cariset (kersey), carsaye (kersey), créseau (kersey). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Gentoo ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Gentoo, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Haieren կոպիտ բրդե գործվածք (kersey). Additional references: Haieren, Armenia, Azerbaijan, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Halh зузаан ноосон даавуу (kersey). Additional references: Halh, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Halh (transliteration) zuzaan nooson daavuu (kersey). Additional references: Halh, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 커지천 (kersey), 커지 직물 (kersey), 커지 (kersey). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 커지천 (kersey), 커지 직물 (kersey), 커지 (kersey). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Hindi एक प्रकार का मोटा ऊनी कपडा (kersey). Additional references: Hindi, India, Nepal, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian tessuto di lana a coste (kersey), stoffa di lana (woolen cloth, kersey). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese カージー (kersey), カージー製ズボン (kersey), カージー織り (kersey). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Khadi Boli एक प्रकार का मोटा ऊनी कपडा (kersey). Additional references: Khadi Boli, India, Nepal, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Khalkha Mongolian зузаан ноосон даавуу (kersey). Additional references: Khalkha Mongolian, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Khalkha (transliteration) zuzaan nooson daavuu (kersey). Additional references: Khalkha Mongolian, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Khari Boli एक प्रकार का मोटा ऊनी कपडा (kersey). Additional references: Khari Boli, India, Nepal, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 커지천 (kersey), 커지 직물 (kersey), 커지 (kersey). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Lietuvi milo kelnës (kersey), milas (kersey). Additional references: Lietuvi, Lithuania, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Litauische milo kelnës (kersey), milas (kersey). Additional references: Litauische, Lithuania, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Litewski milo kelnës (kersey), milas (kersey). Additional references: Litewski, Lithuania, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Lithuanian milo kelnës (kersey), milas (kersey). Additional references: Lithuanian, Lithuania, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Litovskiy milo kelnës (kersey), milas (kersey). Additional references: Litovskiy, Lithuania, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Liutuviskai milo kelnës (kersey), milas (kersey). Additional references: Liutuviskai, Lithuania, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongol зузаан ноосон даавуу (kersey). Additional references: Mongol, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongol (transliteration) zuzaan nooson daavuu (kersey). Additional references: Mongol, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongolian зузаан ноосон даавуу (kersey). Additional references: Mongolian, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongolian (transliteration) zuzaan nooson daavuu (kersey). Additional references: Mongolian, Mongolia, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese kersey (kersey), burel (russet, kersey). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian грубая шерстяная материя (kersey). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) grubaya sherstyanaya materiya (kersey). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki грубая шерстяная материя (kersey). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) grubaya sherstyanaya materiya (kersey). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) vunena tkanina (baize, calamanco, kersey, kerseymere, Maud), rebrasta (kersey), gruba rebrasta vunena tkanina (kersey), gruba (kersey). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Somkhuri կոպիտ բրդե գործվածք (kersey). Additional references: Somkhuri, Armenia, Azerbaijan, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish Carisey (kersey). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Tailangi ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Tailangi, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Telangire ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Telangire, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Telegu ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Telegu, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Telgi ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Telgi, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Telugu ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Telugu, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Tengu ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Tengu, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Terangi ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Terangi, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Tolangan ముతకగుడ్డ (drugget, kersey), ముతకకోక (kersey). Additional references: Tolangan, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish yünlü kalın bir kumaş (kersey). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu ای قسم کا موٹا اونی کپڑا (kersey). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, kersey. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: KERSEY

Language Translations for “kersey” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag kathagersathagey (kersey). Additional references: Athag, kersey. (volunteer)
Double Dutch kagersagey (kersey). Additional references: Double Dutch, kersey. (volunteer)
Leet |<3P\§3V/ (kersey). Additional references: Leet, kersey. (volunteer)
Oppish kopersopey (kersey). Additional references: Oppish, kersey. (volunteer)
Pig Latin erseykay (kersey). Additional references: Pig Latin, kersey. (volunteer)
Terran A motey oon ka kapra (kersey). Additional references: Terran A, kersey. (volunteer)
Terran B cursay (kersey). Additional references: Terran B, kersey. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi kubersubey (kersey). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, kersey. (volunteer)
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