sherry
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sherry/ˈʃeri/
▶noun (pl. sherries) a fortified wine originally and mainly from southern Spain.
– origin C16: alt. of archaic sherris, interpreted as pl., from Sp. (vino de) Xeres ‘Xeres (wine)’ (Xeres being the former name of the city of Jerez de la Frontera).
'sherry' also found in these Oxford entries:
amontillado
- amoroso
- cobbler
- copita
- cream sherry
- fino
- fortify
- manzanilla
- oloroso
- palomino
- schooner
- syllabub
