jersey

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
  2. noun the largest of the Channel Islands
  3. noun a close-fitting pullover shirt

Etymology

From a typical fisherman's sweater used on the island of Jersey.

In classic literature

Synonyms

New Jersey, Garden State, NJ

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