Douglas
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Sir James the Black Douglas, 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
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James, 2nd Earl of, 1358?–88, Scottish military leader.
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Kirk Issur Danielovitch Demsky, 1916–2020, U.S. actor.
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Lloyd C(assel) 1877–1951, U.S. novelist and clergyman.
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Michael, born 1944, U.S. actor and producer (son of Kirk Douglas).
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Stephen A(rnold), 1813–61, U.S. political leader and statesman.
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William O(rville) 1898–1980, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–75.
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a city on and the capital of the Isle of Man: a resort town.
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a city in southeastern Arizona.
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a town in central Georgia.
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a male given name: from a Scottish word meaning “black water.”
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C ( lifford ) H ( ugh ). 1879–1952, British economist, who originated the theory of social credit
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Gavin. ?1474–1522, Scottish poet, the first British translator of the Aeneid
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Keith ( Castellain ). 1920–44, British poet, noted for his poems of World War II: killed in action
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Michael K ( irk ). born 1944, US film actor; his films include Romancing the Stone (1984), Wall Street (1987), Basic Instinct (1992), and Wonder Boys (2000)
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( George ) Norman. 1868–1952, British writer, esp of books on southern Italy such as South Wind (1917)
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Tommy , full name Thomas Clement Douglas (1904–86). Canadian statesman: premier of Saskatchewan 1944–61
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Example Sentences
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A similarly large decline occurred in pellets from termites fed Douglas fir, a wood commonly used for house framing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
“We see goods inflation going back to something negative,” said Douglas of NISA.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Ben Dixon, a Douglas Elliman agent in New York City and the Hamptons, said today he is much more willing to tell an owner to consider not selling at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Keep that in mind at your next doubles social when you’re debating like Lincoln and Douglas over whether it’s 15-30 or 30-15.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
My teammate Gabby Douglas earned the silver, and Larisa Iordache of Romania, who’d shared in my ridiculous bee adventure the year before, won bronze.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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