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Definitions for Derby

[1] a city in Derbyshire in central England.
[2] Derbyshire.
[3] a city in S Connecticut.
[4] a race for three-year-old horses that is run annually at Epsom Downs, near London, England: first run in 1780.
[5] any of certain other important annual horse races, usually for three-year-old horses, especially the Kentucky Derby.
[6] (lowercase ) a race or contest, usually one open to all who wish to enter and offering a prize for the winner.
[7] (lowercase ) any endeavor or venture regarded as a competition: to win the gubernatorial derby.
[8] (lowercase ) Also called bowler. a stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim, worn chiefly by men.
[9] US and Canadian a stiff felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow curved brim Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): bowler
[10] the Derby an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics
[11] any of various other horse races
[12] local Derby a football match between two teams from the same area
[13] a city in central England, in Derby unitary authority, Derbyshire: engineering industries (esp aircraft engines and railway rolling stock); university (1991). Pop: 229 407 (2001)
[14] a unitary authority in central England, in Derbyshire. Pop: 233 200 (2003 est). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)
[15] a firm-textured pale-coloured type of cheese
[16] sage Derby a green-and-white Derby cheese flavoured with sage
[17] Earl of. title of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley. 1799–1869, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1852; 1858–59; 1866–68)

Origin of Derby

2First recorded in 1830–40; after Edward Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (died 1834), who instituted the race

Word origin for Derby

C18: named after the twelfth Earl of Derby (died 1834), who founded the horse race at Epsom Downs in 1780