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Gregory

[greg-uh-ree]

noun

  1. Lady Augusta Isabella Augusta Persse, 1852–1932, Irish dramatist.

  2. Horace, 1898–1982, U.S. poet and critic.

  3. James, 1638–75, Scottish mathematician.

  4. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “watchful.”



Gregory

/ ˈɡrɛɡərɪ /

noun

  1. Lady ( Isabella ) Augusta ( Persse ). 1852–1932, Irish dramatist; a founder and director of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin

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Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino to personally deliver daily updates on how federal agents are complying with restrictions on tactics they use in their crackdown on illegal immigration in the Chicago area.

This month a member of the Latin Kings gang was charged with putting a bounty on the life of Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino.

"She was very happy up until the very end, reading the New York Times and LA Times everyday," spokesman and friend of 40 years Lyle Gregory told US media.

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The films have been adapted from the hugely successful Broadway and West End musical, which itself was based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel.

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Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino said to a white reporter in Chicago.

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