Murray
['mʌri;'mə:-]
Definition
(noun.) a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide.
(noun.) Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915).
(noun.) British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957).
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Examples
- Mrs. Murray made it, and it's sure to be right; it may be a straw's breadth shorter or longer-waisted, according to my having grown fat or thin. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He relates, that a New-England sloop, trading there in 1752, left their second mate, William Murray, sick on shore, and sailed without him. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Thus equipped, I ventured in much fear and trembling to wait upon the great Mr. Murray, as Lord Byron always satirically called him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In 1840 Murray used plumbago to make non-conducting surfaces conductive for electro-plating. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With a most supercilious kind of glance, Hum, drawled out Murray, you've not the slightest chance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Murray's invaluable guide-books have mentioned 'Far-away Moses' name, and he is a made man. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was, says Gilbert Murray, a way of arriving at a decision in a case when political feeling was so divided as to threaten a deadlock. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An extreme example could be made of Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- On the receipt of this note, which I have now in my possession, I got into a rage with old purblind Murray. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But let Professor Gilbert Murray speak upon this matter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Professor Murray thought several phrases used by the writer harsh and unjust. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is perhaps no accident that two of the greatest classical scholars in England--Gilbert Murray and Alfred Zimmern--are political radicals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- When the Oldest Men in the tribe could not tell you the right thing to do, says Gilbert Murray, you went to the blessed dead. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Murray was at the house of a black, named Cudjoe, with whom he had contracted an acquaintance during their trade. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Their relations and friends, transported with sudden rage, ran to the house of Cudjoe to take revenge by killing Murray. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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