Colum

American  

[kol-uhm] / ˈkɒl əm /

noun

1. Padraic 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.

2. Saint Saint ColumbaSaint ColumcilleApostle of Caledonia, 521–97, Irish missionary, founder of Iona.

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Colum British  

/ ˈkɒləm /

noun

1. Padraic (ˈpɑːdrɪk). 1881–1972, Irish lyric poet, resident in the US (1914–72)

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Example Sentences

Foyle MP Colum Eastwood has described the government spending more than £4m "at public expense" on the defence of Soldier F as "sickening".

From BBC

The figure was revealed in a parliamentary answer to Foyle MP Colum Eastwood.

From BBC

A paramedic, Eamonn Cunningham, who subsequently attended the scene, said he discovered Mr Gannon lying on the living room floor, with his father Colum Wilson, trying to revive him with CPR.

From BBC

MP Colum Eastwood, whose constituency covers the area Kneecap member DJ Provaí is from, said artists "should be entitled to express their opinion" and there was a "mass hysteria from some elements of politics and the media around this".

From BBC

Colum McCann is the author, most recently, of the novel “Twist.”

From Los Angeles Times