Douglas
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Sir James the Black Douglas, 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
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James, 2nd Earl of, 1358?–88, Scottish military leader.
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Kirk Issur Danielovitch Demsky, 1916–2020, U.S. actor.
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Lloyd C(assel) 1877–1951, U.S. novelist and clergyman.
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Michael, born 1944, U.S. actor and producer (son of Kirk Douglas).
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Stephen A(rnold), 1813–61, U.S. political leader and statesman.
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William O(rville) 1898–1980, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–75.
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a city on and the capital of the Isle of Man: a resort town.
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a city in southeastern Arizona.
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a town in central Georgia.
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a male given name: from a Scottish word meaning “black water.”
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C ( lifford ) H ( ugh ). 1879–1952, British economist, who originated the theory of social credit
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Gavin. ?1474–1522, Scottish poet, the first British translator of the Aeneid
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Keith ( Castellain ). 1920–44, British poet, noted for his poems of World War II: killed in action
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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)
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( George ) Norman. 1868–1952, British writer, esp of books on southern Italy such as South Wind (1917)
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Tommy , full name Thomas Clement Douglas (1904–86). Canadian statesman: premier of Saskatchewan 1944–61
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Example Sentences
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The academics who weigh in—Timothy Naftali of Columbia; Leah Wright Rigueur of Johns Hopkins; Ibram X. Kendi of Howard University; Douglas Brinkley of Rice—often do so with a personal perspective on what’s important.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
It expects to fly four flights per month in January 2027 and reach eight per month by the second quarter of next year, according to CFO Douglas Ahrens.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
The names Kirk Douglas and Elizabeth Taylor only hold so much sway.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Dr Douglas Stenton, from the University of Waterloo who has excavated the remains of the sailors, said the circumstances they faced were dismal.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
“Alex Douglas, not another word! We’ll do it another day. Now let’s go.”
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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