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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciations'derby': UK: /ˈdɑːbi/, US: /dˈɜːrbi/; 'Derby': UK: /ˈdɑːbi/ /ˈdɜːrbi/, US: /dˈɜːbi/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdɝbi/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Sport, Clothing dûr′bē; Brit. där′bē; Geogr. dûr′bē; for 1, 2 also Brit. där′bē)


Inflections of 'Derby' (n): npl: Derbies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
Der•by /ˈdɜrbi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -bies. 
  1. Sportany of certain important horse races, esp. the Kentucky Derby, that are held every year.
  2. Sport[derby] a race or contest, usually one open to all who wish to enter.
  3. Clothing[derby] a man's stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim;
    bowler.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Der•by  (dûr′bē; Brit. där′bē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bies. 
  1. Place Names, Sporta race for three-year-old horses that is run annually at Epsom Downs, near London, England: first run in 1780.
  2. Place Names, Sportany of certain other important annual horse races, usually for three-year-old horses, esp. the Kentucky Derby.
  3. Sport, Place Names(l.c.) a race or contest, usually one open to all who wish to enter and offering a prize for the winner.
  4. (l.c.) any endeavor or venture regarded as a competition:to win the gubernatorial derby.
  5. Clothing(l.c.) Also called bowler. a stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim, worn chiefly by men.
  • after Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (died 1834), who instituted the race 1830–40

Der•by  (dûr′bē; for 1, 2 also Brit. där′bē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a city in Derbyshire, in central England. 215,200.
  2. Derbyshire.
  3. a city in S Connecticut. 12,346.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Derby /ˈdɑːbɪ; US: ˈdɜːrbɪ/ n
  1. the Derby ⇒ an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics
  2. any of various other horse races
  3. local Derby ⇒ a football match between two teams from the same area
Etymology: 18th Century: named after the twelfth Earl of Derby (died 1834), who founded the horse race at Epsom Downs in 1780
Derby /ˈdɑːbɪ/ n
  1. a city in central England, in Derby unitary authority, Derbyshire: engineering industries (esp aircraft engines and railway rolling stock); university (1991). Pop: 229 407 (2001)
  2. a unitary authority in central England, in Derbyshire. Pop: 233 200 (2003 est). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)
  3. a firm-textured pale-coloured type of cheese
  4. sage Derby ⇒ a green-and-white Derby cheese flavoured with sage
Derby /ˈdɑːbɪ/ n
  1. Earl of. title of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley. 1799–1869, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1852; 1858–59; 1866–68)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
derby /ˈdɜːrbɪ/ n ( pl -bies)
  1. US Canadian a stiff felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow curved brimAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): bowler
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