Argyll
[ahr-gahyl]
- a historic county in W Scotland.
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Also called Ar·gyll·shire [ahr-gahyl-sheer, -sher] /ɑrˈgaɪl ʃɪər, -ʃər/.
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Examples from the Web for argyll
Contemporary Examples
Her husband was the Marquis of Lorne when she married him, later the 9th Duke of Argyll.
Historical Examples
It was no secret: was ever such a thing secret in the shire of Argyll?
Gilian The DreamerNeil Munro
The Duke of Argyll or Mr. Gladstone can alone settle the point at issue.
Lord John RussellStuart J. Reid
The Duke of Argyll says "that no serious reply has ever been attempted" (p. 305).
Hasisadra's AdventureThomas Henry Huxley
Alan Donn had given it to him, and he after getting it on a visit to Argyll.
The Wind BlowethBrian Oswald Donn-Byrne
They had suffered, but the battle-ship Argyll was reduced to a monitor.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the SeaMorgan Robertson