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hereford
/ˈhɝfɚd/
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What does hereford mean?
noun
- A cow of the Hereford breed.
proper noun
- A city and civil parish (with a city council) in and the county town of Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5140).
- A locality in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Frank Hereford.
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proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- An extinct town in Grant County, Minnesota, named for Hereford cattle.
- An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, supposedly named for a Hereford bull.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, named for Hereford cattle.
- A city, the county seat of Deaf Smith County, Texas, United States, named for Hereford cattle raised there.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
- A breed of cattle used for high-quality beef, see Hereford (cattle).
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhɝfɚd/
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I brought high Hereford, if you call him so, But to the next highway, and there I left him.
The native stock has been greatly improved in recent years by cross breeding with thoroughbred Durham and Hereford bulls.
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And the Bishop of Hereford, who was the most skilful of her friends, said, What was to be done now?
“Then I shall reconsider my resolution about going out. We have still time to take a train to Hereford and see him to-night?”
Ask, as I have asked, a celebrated raiser of Hereford cattle, whether his cattle might not have descended from long horns, and he will laugh you to scorn.