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sherwood
/ˈʃɝwʊd/
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What does sherwood mean?
proper noun
- An English habitational surname from Old English derived from Sherwood Forest.
- A northern suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5432)
- A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5643).
More meanings (27)
proper noun
- A suburb of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3164)
- A city in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland.
- A township and village therein, in Branch County, Michigan.
- A hamlet in Cayuga County, New York.
- A minor city in Renville County, North Dakota.
- A village in Defiance County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio.
- A city in Washington County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Irion County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
- A village in Calumet County, Wisconsin.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta.
- A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta.
- A community in Huron Shores, Algoma District, Ontario.
- A community in Maple, Vaughan, Ontario.
- A community in the Municipality of the District of Chester, Nova Scotia.
- A neighbourhood of Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
- A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159, around Regina, Saskatchewan.
- A locality in the Clarence Valley council area and the Coffs Harbour council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in the Kempsey council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- A locality south-east of Adelaide, South Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
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See this word in context.
They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.
Amid tremendous excitement, Lord Palmerston formally opened the company’s first mine at Spinney Park, on the edge of Sherwood Forest.
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About this time Barnum, with a Mr. Samuel Sherwood, of Bridgeport, started for Pittsburg, where they proposed to open a lottery office.
The place was favourably situated for the purpose, as the sheep pastured in the neighbouring district of Sherwood yielded a kind of wool of the longest staple.
On his right arm was a silver plate, which, instead of bearing, as usual, the cognizance or badge of the baron to whose family he belonged, had barely the word SHERWOOD engraved upon it.—“How mean you by that?”