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    Craig
    noun
    Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
  • craig
    craig
    noun
    a Scot word for crag

Craig

American  
[kreyg] / kreɪg /

noun

  1. Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.

  2. a male given name: from a Welsh family name meaning “rock.”


Craig 1 British  
/ kreɪɡ /

noun

  1. Edward Gordon. 1872–1966, English theatrical designer, actor, and director. His nonrealistic scenic design greatly influenced theatre in Europe and the US

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

craig 2 British  
/ kreɡ, kreɪɡ /

noun

  1. a Scot word for crag

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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By the end of the protest, Craig Foreman had been on hunger strike for 93 days, and Lindsay Foreman for 84 days, the family added.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested in January 2025 while passing through Iran on a motorcycle journey from Europe to Australia.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

But goals from Milan Baros and James Milner made it 3-3, before a Craig Easton own goal, two from Gareth Barry and further strikes from Milner and Steven Davis completed an emphatic turnaround.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The residents in Glyncoch, near Pontypridd in south Wales, want blasting at nearby Craig yr Hesg quarry to be paused, because they are worried about their safety.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The whole thing drove me crazy, and Craig as well.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

"Na," says he, "and niether you nor me," says he, "and as sune as I can win to stand on my twa feet we'll be aff frae this craig o' Sawtan."

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Dear brother, how can you speak of sic frivolities, when you have had sic an escape from the craig?"

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir

He rose and ran for the bored craig, through which lay the straight line to his abandoned boots.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

"Whan ye was sittin' at the fut o' the bored craig."

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

Tak' you care, my bonnie young man, that your craig doesna feel the wecht o' your hurdies.

From Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson by Henley, William Ernest

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