What is "derby"

Derby \Der"by\ (?; usually ? in Eng.; 85), n.

1. A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.

   Derby Day, the day of the annual race for the Derby stakes, -- Wednesday of the week before Whitsuntide.

2. A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.

type of hat," manufactured in U.S. 1850, name appears 1870, perhaps from annual Derby horse race in England, where this type of hat was worn. Race was begun 1780 by the 12th Earl of Derby; the name was used for any major horse race after 1875. Derby the English shire is Old English Deorby "deer village," from deor "deer" + by "habitation, homestead," from a Scandinavian source (see bylaw).

n. 1 Any of several annual horseraces. 2 By extension, any organized race. 3 (context US English) A bowler hat 4 (context sports English) A local derby

n. a hat that is round and black and hard with a narrow brim; worn by some British businessmen [syn: bowler hat, bowler, plug hat]

Derby is a city in Derbyshire, England.

Derby may also refer to:

Derby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two members of parliament. It was divided into the single-member constituencies of Derby North and Derby South in 1950.

Derby is a city in Derbyshire, England, on the banks of the River Derwent. In 2011, it had a population of 248,700.

Derby was settled by Romans – who established the town of Derventio – Saxons and Vikings, who made Derby one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, the city became a centre of the British rail industry.

Derby is an internationally renowned centre for advanced transport manufacturing, home to the world’s second largest aero-engine manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, and Derby Litchurch Lane Works, for many years the UK's only train manufacturer. Toyota Manufacturing UK's automobile headquarters is south west of the city at Burnaston.

Derby is a 1971 American documentary film directed by Robert Kaylor about the world of professional roller derby in the 1970s. The film is also known as Roller Derby in the United Kingdom.

Derby is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Bootle Parliamentary constituency that covers the area of the town of Bootle centred on the Derby park for which the ward is named after. The population taken at the 2011 census was 12,360.

Derby is a former vintage era automobile maker based in Courbevoie, Seine, France.

The Derby was a Canadian automobile built in Saskatchewan between 1924 and 1927. Company principal Louis Arsenault believed that with a booming wheat trade in the Prairies, customers and investors would support a car company. Arsenault opened an office for Derby Motors in Winnipeg, Manitoba in early 1924.

The car was in fact an early example of badge engineering. Rather than build cars, Arsenault imported American built Davis cars, changed the nameplates to "Derby" and added "Derby" tire covers. Conversion of the cars took place in the former Marshall tractor factory in Saskatoon. The Derby used a Continental six-cylinder engine, and came in four different models:

• Series 92 tourer, selling for CDN$1995;
• Series 92 Man-o-War roadster, selling for CDN$1750;
• Series 92 Legionaire sedan, selling for CDN$1750;
• Series 93 sedan, selling for CDN$1750
• Series 93 coupe, selling for CDN$1750
• Series 93 tourer, selling for CDN$1750

According to surviving company records, 31 cars were sold before the venture folded in 1927.

Saskatoon business identity Cec Wheaton gave this account of the abandoned factory in 1927, when he and a couple of teenaged friends gained entry by an unlocked door:

‘“Along the north wall of the factory were about a dozen Derby car frames, stacked on end and painted black. The boys ventured upstairs, where they found a scene that Wheaton describes as eerie and sad. The Derby company board room was located on the second floor of the factory. "There was a huge table," Wheaton says. Papers were stacked neatly around the table as if waiting for board members to return. "It looked like they just got up from the meeting, and left," he says. The stacks of papers included letters from Saskatchewan people who had invested in the company and were anxious for word on their savings. "I remember one letter from a widow who had invested all her money in the company," Wheaton says. "She was writing to say that she was expecting dividends and hadn't received any."’

Derby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Brown Derby (actor) (1914-2000), Scottish actor
• Dean Derby (born 1935), American retired National Football League player
• Ethel Roosevelt Derby (1891-1977), youngest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, instrumental in preserving his legacy
• Elias Hasket Derby (1739-1799), American merchant
• George Derby (1823-1861), American humorist
• George Derby (baseball) (1857-1925), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• James Cephas Derby (1818-1892), American book publisher
• Orville Adalbert Derby (1851-1915), American geologist who worked in Brazil
• Pat Derby (1942–2013), British-born American animal trainer
• Sylvester Derby (1892–1974), American college football head coach

Derby (formerly known as Milo Junction) is the name of railroad repair facilities in Milo, Maine. In 1905, it was described by the Bangor Daily Commercial as being the second-largest repair shops in New England, as built by the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad.

The Derby is an IBA Official Cocktail composed of gin, peach bitters and mint leaves.