"Clydesdale" meaning in English

See Clydesdale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: En-au-Clydesdale.ogg
Etymology: From Clyde + -s- + dale. Etymology templates: {{wp}}, {{af|en|Clyde|-s-|dale}} Clyde + -s- + dale Head templates: {{en-prop}} Clydesdale
  1. The valley of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS91). Categories (place): Places in Scotland, Places in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, Valleys
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  2. A former district in Strathclyde Region, Scotland, renamed from Lanark in 1980, and abolished in 1996 along with the region.
    Sense id: en-Clydesdale-en-name-qBniX0H1
  3. A community of Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Nova Scotia, Canada, Villages in Canada, Villages in Nova Scotia, Canada Categories (lifeform): Horse breeds
    Sense id: en-Clydesdale-en-name-edV9wRFF Disambiguation of Horse breeds: 14 5 49 5 6 7 5 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -s-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 52 4 6 2 5 11 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 16 4 45 5 6 3 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 5 54 4 4 2 4 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 4 54 5 6 1 4 10
  4. A town in Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Categories (place): Places in South Africa, Towns in South Africa
    Sense id: en-Clydesdale-en-name-SiErO2n0
  5. A rural locality in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in Victoria, Australia, Villages in Australia, Villages in Victoria, Australia
    Sense id: en-Clydesdale-en-name-TvHsCFGJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: En-au-Clydesdale.ogg Forms: Clydesdales [plural]
Etymology: Named because they were bred in the valley of the Clyde in Scotland; see dale. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Clydesdale (plural Clydesdales)
  1. A particularly large and powerful breed of rare draft horse. Translations (breed of horse): clydesdalenhevonen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Clydesdale-en-noun-aLH8MdYf Disambiguation of 'breed of horse': 90 3 7
  2. (US) A heavier than usual athlete (Over 200 lbs for men, over 145 lbs for women) Tags: US
    Sense id: en-Clydesdale-en-noun-DxWsPOR6 Categories (other): American English
  3. (derogatory, slang) A very morbidly obese person. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-Clydesdale-en-noun-I3rJk963 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 13 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 32 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Clydesdale terrier
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/En-au-Clydesdale.ogg/En-au-Clydesdale.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/En-au-Clydesdale.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Clydesdale (breed)"
  ],
  "word": "Clydesdale"
}

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