What Is A Shire Person?

What Is A Shire Person? Shire′man, a sheriff; Shire′-moot, Shire′-mote, formerly in England a court of the county held periodically by the sheriff together with the bishop or the ealdorman. [A.S. scir, scire, a county, sciran, a secondary form of sceran, to cut off.] What is a shire in the UK? Shire, in Great Britain,