Gordon

[ gawr-dn ]

noun
  1. Charles George "Chinese Gordon"; "Gordon Pasha", 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.

  2. Charles William, real name of Ralph Connor.

  1. Lord George, 1751–93, English politician.

  2. George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784–1860, British statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1852–55.

  3. Mary (Catherine), born 1949, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.

  4. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “round hill.”

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How to use Gordon in a sentence

  • Bernard was uncomfortable enough not to care to be mocked; but he felt even more sorry that Gordon should be.

    Confidence | Henry James
  • At the same moment the door was thrown open, and Mrs. Gordon appeared on the threshold with a gentleman behind her.

    Confidence | Henry James
  • Gordon, however, had never been a lover, and if Bernard noted Angela's gravity it was not because he felt jealous.

    Confidence | Henry James
  • And this fact seemed pregnant with evidence as to Gordon's state of mind; it did not appear to simplify the situation.

    Confidence | Henry James
  • Gordon turned his pleading eyes on his old friend without a ray of concession; but for a moment he hesitated.

    Confidence | Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for Gordon

Gordon

/ (ˈɡɔːdən) /


noun
  1. 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)

  2. 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

  1. Sir Donald . born 1930; South African businessman

  2. Dexter (Keith). 1923–90, US jazz tenor saxophonist

  3. 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)

  4. George Hamilton. See (4th Earl of) Aberdeen 2

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