Definitions

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  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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Anglicised from a Scottish Gaelic surname meaning "son of Richard".

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Examples

  • Jeff McRitchie is the designer and Director of Marketing for

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  • "Mechanisms like these," says James McRitchie , who runs CorpGov.net , a shareholder-activism site, "will eventually lead to the revolution in corporate governance that people have been talking about for many years."

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  • McRitchie took a steady aim at the creature's eye, while a native stood ready with a coil of ropes to throw over it directly it was killed, or it would have sunk, I fancy, out of sight in an instant.

    A Voyage round the World A book for boys William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • McRitchie had, besides, his sketch-book, and boxes and cases for collecting subjects of natural history.

    A Voyage round the World A book for boys William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • McRitchie, and Mr Brand, if he could be spared, to accompany him to the large island of Hawaii, round which he was going to make a visitation tour.

    A Voyage round the World A book for boys William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • McRitchie was as satisfied as we were with the result of his day's excursion; and as we had an abundant supply of everything to make the inner man comfortable, and good cloaks to keep the outer warm, we were all very happy.

    A Voyage round the World A book for boys William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • McRitchie told us, is a species of gannet, and the noddy a species of tern.

    A Voyage round the World A book for boys William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • "The calmness of the sea and the peculiar state of the atmosphere would enable a sound to travel from a long distance," observed McRitchie.

    A Voyage round the World A book for boys William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • "It just came to my attention Friday evening," explained Donna McRitchie, lead of critical care for Central LIHN - the local integrated health network that serves parts of Toronto, York Region and Simcoe County.

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  • McRitchie said she only learned about the Joshi's predicament when the news story generated buzz among communications people in the network.

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