Definition of "guernsey" [guernsey]

• A seaman's knitted woolen sweater, similar to a jersey. (noun)

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• "Gansey is certainly also a version of the word guernsey, from the name of a famous Channel island, and is likewise used to describe the guernsey shirt."
• "He wore jeans and the kind of heavy navy-blue sweater that is called a guernsey, which gave him a look of youth, or the look perhaps of a youth who suffers from some terrible prematurely ageing disease."
• "Posted: Apr 27th, 2008 at 11: 55 am I live on the lovely island of guernsey, that is the island sistered with Jersey, and on the Liberation day all the local people will be getting drunk and eating-more, and enjoying the festivities."