EYRES

Noun

eyres

plural of eyre

Anagrams

• Eyers, Reyes, Seery, eyers, reyse, yeers

Proper noun

Eyres

A surname.

Anagrams

• Eyers, Reyes, Seery, eyers, reyse, yeers

Source: Wiktionary


EYRE

Eyre, n. Etym: [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue.] (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).

Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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