sherry.
A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
Meaning & usage
A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
A variety of sherry.
They produce several quality sherries.
A glass of sherry.
Would you like a sherry?
Where this word comes from
Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Spanish Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).
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