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# guernsey

«guernsey» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the Channel Islands, between England and France (a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Guernsey; a guernsey, guernseys)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands, between England and France (a place name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#m1)

2) A guernsey is a thick, warm, tightly knitted woollen jumper, first worn by fishermen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#m2)

3) (Australia) A sleeveless jersey worn by Australian rules football players; to get a guernsey means to be picked for a team or to get recognition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#m3)

4) A Guernsey is a breed of brown-and-white dairy cow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, the Channel Islands; in Australian sport talk, footy jumpers; on farms, a cattle breed. Phrases: get a guernsey (Australia), a Guernsey cow.

### examples

- Guernsey is a small island near France. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#x1)
- Grandad still wears his old navy guernsey when he goes fishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#x2)
- He finally got a guernsey in the first team. (Australia) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#x3)
- The footy players pulled on their guernseys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#x4)
- Guernsey cows give rich, creamy milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#x5)
- We took a ferry to Guernsey in the summer holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/#x6)

### note

Capital G for the island and the cow; small g for the jumper. Guernsey is not part of the UK but belongs to the British Crown. Australians say footy guernsey; others say jersey or shirt.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «guernsey» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guernsey/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.