Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- A city of northern Utah, an industrial suburb of Salt Lake City. Population: 44,800.
- Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry 1837-1915. British philologist and the original lexicographer (1879-1915) of the Oxford English Dictionary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- proper n. A river in southeastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean.
- proper n. Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and elsewhere.
- proper n. A Scottish surname.
- proper n. A male given name, transferred from the surname.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as moray.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
- n. a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide
- n. British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
Etymologies
Examples
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Murray: "The troops will amount to six thousand" (_Murray to Pitt, 12 Oct. 1759_).
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DANCING WITH THE STARS - CHELSIE HIGHTOWER AND TY MURRAY -- Ty Murray has been labeled the most accomplished rodeo athlete in the century-long history of the sport.
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"JOHN MURRAY."] [Footnote 2: On the night of March 5, 1811, Massena retreated from his camp at Santarem, whence he had watched Wellington at Torres Vedras, and on April 4 he crossed the Coa into Spain.] [Footnote 3: Murray had shown the MS. to Gifford for advice as to its publication.
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Still, perhaps Iain Murray is correct in his assessment:
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Captain Murray is judge, "sitting in Equity," Superintendent of Police, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Surveyor of Taxes, besides being Board of Trade, Board of Works, and I know not what besides.
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The islands, which I called Murray's Islands, are four in number, two of them are of considerable height and may be seen twelve leagues.
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Elaine Barnes quit her job as green schools program manager this year partly because of what she described as Murray's unwritten rules to help unions.
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But, the really great thing about Sen. Murray is she brings home the right kind of bacon - money for public transportation and bike and ped infrastructure.
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Murray is going to be in the race for her career -- she and every Dem in the State needs McGinn to go in to Dick Cheney "undisclosed location" for the rest of the year.
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Having Rossi run against Murray is the best-possible scenario for a Murray win.
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