0 an area of southwestern Scotland that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1975:
The Dumfriesshire housing support project supports anyone without dependents who is homeless.
In 1541 his army made an inroad into Dumfriesshire.
Although born in Dumfriesshire in 1864, he was of Ayrshire farming stock and his family returned to the county when he was "just a wee laddie".
