Dunbar

[ duhn-bahr for 1; duhn-bahr for 2, 3 ]

/ ˈdʌn bɑr for 1; dʌnˈbɑr for 2, 3 /

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noun

Paul Laurence, 1872–1906, U.S. poet.

William, c1460–c1520, Scottish poet.

a town in the Lothian region, in SE Scotland, at the mouth of the Firth of Forth: site of Cromwell's defeat of the Scots 1650.

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Words nearby Dunbar

Duna, Dünaburg, Dunaj, Dunant, Dunărea, Dunbar, Dunbar, Paul Laurence, Dunbartonshire, Duncan, Duncan I, Duncan, Isadora

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How to use Dunbar in a sentence

Roth ended up being the only woman registered for the three-race Dunbar series.
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Both the BC Cup and Dunbar race series, two mountain-bike circuits, included an adaptive category in 2021.
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On June 18, 1971, the caucus threw its inaugural dinner at the Dunbar Hotel.
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Royal; because he is often called the king of birds, as in Dunbar's Thrissill and Rois, st. 18.
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This was long before the days of Dunbar's pollantin, Holbrook Curtis' ambrosia, adrenalin, and the modern vaccines.
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Dunbar expected to confer passive immunity on the hay fever patient by transferring to him this horse serum with its antibodies.
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The iron present was only what the Dunbar Expedition had thought it to be; a mere discoloration.
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A rumour was afloat that the latter had been bewitched into her grave, and this could not fail to have its effect on Miss Dunbar.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dunbar (1 of 2)

Dunbar¹

/ (dʌnˈbɑː) /

noun

a port and resort in SE Scotland, in East Lothian: scene of Cromwell's defeat of the Scots (1650). Pop: 6354 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for Dunbar (2 of 2)

Dunbar²

/ (dʌnˈbɑː) /

noun

William. ?1460–?1520, Scottish poet, noted for his satirical, allegorical, and elegiac works

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