Farquhar

American

[fahr-kwer, -kwahr, -ker] / ˈfɑr kwər, -kwɑr, -kər /

noun

George, 1678–1707, English playwright, born in Ireland.

Farquhar British

/ -kə, ˈfɑːkwə /

noun

George. 1678–1707, Irish-born dramatist; author of comedies such as The Recruiting Officer (1706) and The Beaux' Stratagem (1707)

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Creative director Angus Farquhar said the well was a powerful but neglected part of Glasgow's story.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Puppy raiser Morna Farquhar has helped raise 11 puppies in total for the charity.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Then, Farquhar asked the second LLM to calculate how similar in meaning those responses were.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 19, 2024

They found that human raters agreed with each other 92% of the time, and with the LLM judge 93% of the time, Farquhar says, indicating their method had a high degree of accuracy.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 19, 2024

We were in luck, as it turned out, for not only was Farquhar in the drawing-room, but there was no one else in the long, stiff, splendid room.

From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.

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