Logan
Americannoun
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John or James Tah-gah-jute, c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.
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Joshua, 1908–1988, U.S. playwright, director, and producer.
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Mount, a mountain in Canada, in the Mount Elias Mountains: second highest peak in North America. 19,850 feet (6,050 meters).
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a city in N Utah.
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a male given name.
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Etymology
Origin of logan
C18: from logging-stone, from dialect log to rock
Example Sentences
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Logan said that the man many knew from TV was the same off screen.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack have been arguing for months that the central bank should consider hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Better modest restriction now than severe restriction later,” said Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan in a speech last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
On defense, Rushing ranks next-to-last in defensive runs saved among major league catchers, ahead of only the Angels’ Logan O’Hoppe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
"I will not be here," Katy Logan said.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Fun fact: Loganberries are a cross between black- and raspberries; boysenberries of logan, black-, and raspberries.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
Here are the first tweets, which he later deleted, via Topsy: lara logan had to outdo anderson. where was her buddy mccrystal?
From Forbes ● Feb. 16, 2011
They are also called logan stones and "hoar" stones, hoar meaning a boundary, inasmuch as they were frequently used in later times to mark the boundary of an estate, parish, or manor.
From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
The other would swing the logs of the Enchanted drive into the quiet holding-ground of the logan.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
I even went to work the minute the ice slid down-river, and set our sheer-booms above the logan and got the sortin’-gap ready.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
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