Definition of eyre Eyre

/ɛˈɹ/ - [er] - eyre

We found 4 definitions of eyre from 4 different sources.

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What does eyre mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

eyre - a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
  Lake Eyre
  australia a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • eyre (n.)
    A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • eyre
    ār, n. a journey or circuit: a court of itinerant justices.—Justices in eyre, itinerant judges who went on circuit. [O. Fr. eire, journey, from L. iter, a way, a journey—īre, itum, to go.]

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eyre in sign language
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