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What does Devonshire mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Devonshire? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. The former (pre-1974) name for the county of Devon, England.
  2. An English dukedom.
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Among the rocks, you'll find groups of plumose anemones, Devonshire cup corals, tubeworms and maybe a sea lemon nudibranch.
If you order Devonshire tea in this fine establishment, you get a real teapot with a real tea cosy on it.
In the afternoons, one can play croquet, sit amidst the blooming azaleas, nibble on some Devonshire tea, and adamantly wish for a quick death.
He believes the spectre is the ghost of Pte Crowley, of the 11th North Devonshire Regiment.
The earl of Devonshire being interested in the blood of York, that was rather feared than nocent, remained prisoner in the Tower.
But then again, she wore girdles and kept monogrammed hankies and Devonshire toffees in her handbag.

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