guernsey

guernsey

See also: Guernsey

English

Alternative forms

• gansey

Etymology

From Guernsey.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɝnzi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɜːnzi/

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• Hyphenation: guern‧sey

Noun

guernsey (plural guernseys)

1. A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 33:

     At work I wore a guernsey, or a singlet if it was too hot in the greenhouses; but when I sat on the galley wall of a Sunday evening watching the girls pass, I was wearing my best.

2. (Australia, Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players.
3. (Australia) (slang: as in "get a guernsey") [receive] praise, admiration, recognition, credit, etc

Descendants

• → Irish: geansaí
  • → English: gansey
    • → Gujarati: ગંજી (gañjī)
    • → Bengali: গেঞ্জি (geñji)
• → Norwegian: genser
• → Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh

Translations

woollen sweater

Irish: geansaí m Norman: corset d'oeuvre m (Jersey) Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh m