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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  
[krayg] / 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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The forecast 16% rise will come at the worst time of year, according to Craig Lowrey, principal consultant at Cornwall Insight.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

He cut checks to Craig in Minnesota and Stevens in Michigan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Foreign Office said Miliband also used Thursday's meeting to raise the detention of British couple Lindsay and Craig Foreman in Iran.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

"We developed the idea of the phase space between events, which can be combined with SVM to help the search," Craig said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Craig, too, was in a suit and prepared to play his own song.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

But whaur Tam hung there was naething but the craig, and the sea below, and the solans skirling and flying.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

Hark!" cried Wallace, "the horses are now descending the craig.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

You are of course aware of the anecdote of one of your ancestors insisting on having the "auld craig back again."

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall

Its clear current sings a mournful song of the 'good heart's bluid' that once stained its wave; of the drowned youth caught in the 'cleaving o' the craig.'

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie

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 William Ernest Henley

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