Murray

Mur·ray  (mûr)

A city of northern Utah, an industrial suburb of Salt Lake City. Population: 44,800.

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Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry 1837-1915.

British philologist and the original lexicographer (1879-1915) of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Murray [ˈmʌrɪ]

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(Placename) a river in SE Australia, rising in New South Wales and flowing northwest into SE South Australia, then south into the sea at Encounter Bay: the main river of Australia, important for irrigation and power. Length: 2590 km (1609 miles)

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Murray²

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1. (Biographies) 1st Earl of. See (1st Earl of) Moray

2. (Biographies / Murray, Sir (George) Gilbert (Aimé) (1866-1957) M, Britishnational of birth: Australian, HISTORY: classical scholar) Sir (George) Gilbert (Aimé). 1866-1957, British classical scholar, born in Australia: noted for his verse translations of Greek dramatists, esp Euripides

3. (Biographies / Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry (1837-1915) M, Scottish, LANGUAGE: lexicographer) Sir James Augustus Henry. 1837-1915, Scottish lexicographer; one of the original editors (1879-1915) of what became the Oxford English Dictionary

4. (Biographies / Murray, Les (1938 M, Australian, WRITING: poet) Les, full name Leslie Allan Murray. born 1938, Australian poet; his collections include The Weatherboard Cathedral (1969), The Daylight Moon (1987), and Subhuman Redneck Poems (1996).

5. (Biographies / Murray of Epping Forest, Baron (1922 M, British, POLITICS: trade unionist) Murray of Epping Forest, Baron, title of Lionel Murray, known as Len. born 1922, British trades union leader; general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (1973-84)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Murray - British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957) George Gilbert Aime Murphy, Gilbert Murray
	2.	Murray - Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) James Augustus Henry Murray, James Augustus Murray, James Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray
	3.	Murray - a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide Murray River Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean