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Cranmer

American  
[kran-mer] / ˈkræn mər /

noun

  1. Thomas, 1489–1556, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury: leader in the English Protestant Reformation in England.


Cranmer British  
/ ˈkrænmə /

noun

  1. Thomas. 1489–1556, the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury (1533–56) and principal author of the Book of Common Prayer. He was burnt as a heretic by Mary I

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A young Australian living in Beckenham, named George Cranmer, claimed to foresee the winner of the Grand National horse race.

From The New Yorker Feb. 25, 2019

According to David Goodhew of Cranmer Hall, a theological college in Durham, patterns of church attendance tell a different story to the one outlined in the census.

From Economist Mar. 23, 2016

“I’ve seen what the reality is, and they’re willing to die,” said Cranmer, who said he studied Arabic, Farsi and Hindi while in the Foreign Service.

From Washington Post Dec. 12, 2015

Assigning numbers to subjective judgments is “like fingernails on a chalkboard,” said physicist Kyle Cranmer, who helped develop a frequentist technique to identify the latest new subatomic particle — the Higgs boson.

From New York Times Sep. 29, 2014

Mr. Cranmer waited for what he would say—he would not break in upon his meditations.

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds

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