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Ellery

American  
[el-uh-ree] / ˈɛl ə ri /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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This septuagenarian prefers the crime novels of such genre masters as Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen and John Dickson Carr.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

I’ve also been a keen reader of other Golden Age writers, including American authors such as Ellery Queen and S.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

Co-authors on the study include first author Ellery Vincent as well as Blair Perry and Charles Robbins of WSU and Joanna Kelley of University of California, Santa Cruz.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

Shropshire coroner John Ellery said an independent expert had told the inquest that she would have survived if she had been delivered an hour earlier.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023

The upgrade was the brainchild of the eminent astronomer George Ellery Hale.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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