jersey

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.

   A young boy was wearing a Manchester City Erling Haaland jersey.

2. 2
   name

   An island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.

   The resilience of Jersey’s elite is not new (Jersey is perhaps the only place in Europe that had the same government before, during and after Nazi occupation) but it had never previously been described with such forensic force.

3. 3
   noun

   a slightly elastic machine-knit fabric

4. 4
   noun

   a close-fitting pullover shirt

5. 5
   noun

   A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

6. 6
   noun

   A type of fabric knit.

7. 7
   name

   A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.

8. 8
   name

   An English earldom.

Etymology

From Middle English Gersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, further etymology disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) + ey (“island”). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the Latin translation of the island.