Fraser

[frey-zer]

noun

1. James Earle, 1876–1953, U.S. sculptor.

2. (John) Malcolm, 1930–2015, Australian political leader: prime minister 1975–83.

3. Peter, 1884–1950, New Zealand statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1940–49.

4. Simon, 1776–1862, Canadian explorer and fur trader, born in the U.S.

5. a river in SW Canada, flowing S through British Columbia to the Pacific. 695 miles (1,119 km) long.

6. a town in SE Michigan.

7. a male given name.

Fraser

¹

/ ˈfreɪzə /

noun

1. ( John ) Malcolm . born 1930, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1975–83)

2. Peter . 1884–1950, New Zealand statesman, born in Scotland; prime minister (1940–49)

3. Simon . (1776–1862), Canadian explorer: explored British Columbia and the river which was named after him

Fraser

²

/ ˈfreɪzə /

noun

1. a river in SW Canada, in S central British Columbia, flowing northwest, south, and west through spectacular canyons in the Coast Mountains to the Strait of Georgia. Length: 1370 km (850 miles)

Example Sentences

Laura Gardin Fraser, the only woman among the monument sculptors here, designed a powerful double-equestrian sculpture of Lee and Jackson for Baltimore, unveiled in 1948.

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Borthwick, instead, has Northampton's Fraser Dingwall and Exeter's Henry Slade as his midfield options along with Bath's Ollie Lawrence, who has made a quicker recovery than expected from the Achilles tendon injury he suffered against Italy in March.

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“People forget how much JPL is known internationally,” said Fraser MacDonald, senior lecturer in historical geography at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and author of the book “Escape From Earth,” about JPL’s founders.

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"If these strange chimaeras are sticking teeth on the front of their head, it makes you think about the dynamism of tooth development more generally," said Gareth Fraser, a professor of biology at the University of Florida and the study's senior author.

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In doing so, she became the first Australian swimmer since Dawn Fraser in 1964 to clinch back-to-back gold medals in the same event.

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