name
Hershey
HSHEE
name
1
A surname.
2
A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States, named for J. H. Hershey, a pioneer settler.
3
Any of the company towns named for and operated by the Hershey Company. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.
4
Any of the company towns named for and operated by the Hershey Company. An unincorporated community in California, United States.
5
Any of the company towns named for and operated by the Hershey Company. A village in Mayabeque, Cuba, also known as Camilo Cienfuegos.
noun
1
A confection produced by The Hershey Company.
"But she knows her friends and if she likes you she will go for walks with you and even eat a Hershey in front of the drugstore if you buy her one."
— Elliott Chaze (1963)
"Like a cash register, the word candy bar rang up a Hershey in my mind. […] I saw the Hershey scored in ten squares and imagined breaking one off, pushing it to the roof of my mouth to ooze down my throat. I had been five whole days without candy."
— Rebecca Busselle (1988)
"I remembered a Hershey in my shirt pocket. I broke off a piece and ate it."
— Steve Abbott (1989)
Word Forms
Hersheys plural
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Etymology
From Hercé in Normandy. The villages are named after The Hershey Company, which is named after its founder, Milton S. Hershey.