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Murray

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Mur·ray  (mûr)
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.

Murray [ˈmʌrɪ]
n
(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)

Murray2
n
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)

Mur•ray (ˈmɜr i, ˈmʌr i)

n.
1. Sir (George) Gilbert (Aimé), 1866–1957, English classical scholar.
2. Sir James Augustus Henry, 1837–1915, Scottish lexicographer and philologist.
3. Lindley, 1745–1826, English grammarian, born in the U.S.
4. a river in SE Australia, flowing W along the border between Victoria and New South Wales, through SE South Australia into the Indian Ocean. 1200 mi. (1930 km) long.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Murray - British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)Murray - British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
2.Murray - Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)Murray - Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
3.Murray - a southeast Australian riverMurray - a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide
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


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Murray dined with Pa last week, and they sat over their wine until near ten.
Somehow the dark, grim young major from Ulster had guessed the hideous truth; and when they walked slowly together down that road towards the bridge Murray was telling the general that he must resign instantly, or be court-martialled and shot.
Murray, of Horton Lodge, near O---, about seventy miles from our village: a formidable distance to me, as I had never been above twenty miles from home in all the course of my twenty years' sojourn on earth; and as, moreover, every individual in that family and in the neighbourhood was utterly unknown to myself and all my acquaintances.
 
 
 
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