Douglas

[duhg-luhs]

noun

1. Sir James the Black Douglas, 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.

2. James, 2nd Earl of, 1358?–88, Scottish military leader.

3. Kirk Issur Danielovitch Demsky, 1916–2020, U.S. actor.

4. Lloyd C(assel) 1877–1951, U.S. novelist and clergyman.

5. Michael, born 1944, U.S. actor and producer (son of Kirk Douglas).

6. Stephen A(rnold), 1813–61, U.S. political leader and statesman.

7. William O(rville) 1898–1980, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–75.

8. a city on and the capital of the Isle of Man: a resort town.

9. a city in southeastern Arizona.

10. a town in central Georgia.

11. a male given name: from a Scottish word meaning “black water.”

Douglas

¹

/ ˈdʌɡləs /

noun

1. C ( lifford ) H ( ugh ). 1879–1952, British economist, who originated the theory of social credit

2. Gavin. ?1474–1522, Scottish poet, the first British translator of the Aeneid

3. Keith ( Castellain ). 1920–44, British poet, noted for his poems of World War II: killed in action

4. Michael K ( irk ). born 1944, US film actor; his films include Romancing the Stone (1984), Wall Street (1987), Basic Instinct (1992), and Wonder Boys (2000)

5. ( George ) Norman. 1868–1952, British writer, esp of books on southern Italy such as South Wind (1917)

6. Tommy , full name Thomas Clement Douglas (1904–86). Canadian statesman: premier of Saskatchewan 1944–61

Douglas

²

/ ˈdʌɡləs /

noun

1. a town and resort on the Isle of Man, capital of the island, on the E coast. Pop: 25 347 (2001)

Example Sentences

In 1933, she told a fan-magazine writer she was divorcing her first husband, the actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., before she told Fairbanks.

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His son, C. Douglas Dillon, sealed the family’s ascension by serving as Treasury secretary under President John F. Kennedy.

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Oscar winners Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

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It is unclear if Boeing would be on the hook for any liabilities stemming from crash and the McDonnell Douglas plane.

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Senedd standards commissioner Douglas Bain found that Jones had both made offensive comments on WhatsApp and not taken action when one of her staff members had made separate offensive comments on the same messaging service.

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