Gordon
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Charles George Chinese GordonGordon Pasha, 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.
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Charles William, real name of Ralph Connor.
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Lord George, 1751–93, English politician.
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George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784–1860, British statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1852–55.
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Mary (Catherine), born 1949, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
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a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “round hill.”
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Adam Lindsay. 1833–70, Australian poet and horseman, born in the Azores, who developed the bush ballad as a literary form, esp in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870)
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Charles George, known as Chinese Gordon. 1833–85, British general and administrator. He helped to crush the Taiping rebellion (1863–64), and was governor of the Sudan (1877–80), returning in 1884 to aid Egyptian forces against the Mahdi. He was killed in the siege of Khartoum
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Sir Donald . born 1930; South African businessman
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Dexter ( Keith ). 1923–90, US jazz tenor saxophonist
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Lord George. 1751–93, English religious agitator. He led the Protestant opposition to legislation relieving Roman Catholics of certain disabilities, which culminated in the Gordon riots (1780)
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George Hamilton. See (4th Earl of) Aberdeen 2
Example Sentences
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Kane's range of passing and vision enables him to find runners like Gordon or Saka, as well as Bellingham and Rogers when they make their trademark surges.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“If a story is told well, if its history seems consistent, then the machinations putting it into place can be temporarily overlooked or turned into a fun story of their own,” Gordon said.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Upside pressure on prices will be a story for the longer term, Wael Sawan told The Wall Street Journal’s Gordon Fairclough at the WSJ Leadership Institute CEO Summit on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Its top player is Liverpool defender Andy Robertson but its oldest is goalkeeper Craig Gordon, at 43 the most senior player in the tournament.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
A boy named Gordon said he didn’t like to do any of those things.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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