- a city in Derbyshire in central England.
- Derbyshire.
- a city in S Connecticut.
- a race for three-year-old horses that is run annually at Epsom Downs, near London, England: first run in 1780.
- any of certain other important annual horse races, usually for three-year-old horses, especially the Kentucky Derby.
- a race or contest, usually one open to all who wish to enter and offering a prize for the winner.
- any endeavor or venture regarded as a competition: to win the gubernatorial derby.
- a stiff felt hat with rounded crown and narrow brim, worn chiefly by men.
- a stiff felt hat with a rounded crown and narrow curved brim
- an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics
- any of various other horse races
- a football match between two teams from the same area
- 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)
- a unitary authority in central England, in Derbyshire. Pop: 233 200 (2003 est). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)
- a firm-textured pale-coloured type of cheese
- a green-and-white Derby cheese flavoured with sage
- Earl of. title of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley. 1799–1869, British statesman; Conservative prime minister (1852; 1858–59; 1866–68)
