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Gordon

American  
[gawr-dn] / ˈgɔr dn /

noun

  1. Charles George Chinese GordonGordon Pasha, 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.

  2. Charles William, real name of Ralph Connor.

  3. Lord George, 1751–93, English politician.

  4. George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784–1860, British statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1852–55.

  5. Mary (Catherine), born 1949, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.

  6. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “round hill.”


Gordon British  
/ ˈɡɔːdən /

noun

  1. Adam Lindsay. 1833–70, Australian poet and horseman, born in the Azores, who developed the bush ballad as a literary form, esp in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870)

  2. Charles George, known as Chinese Gordon. 1833–85, British general and administrator. He helped to crush the Taiping rebellion (1863–64), and was governor of the Sudan (1877–80), returning in 1884 to aid Egyptian forces against the Mahdi. He was killed in the siege of Khartoum

  3. Sir Donald . born 1930; South African businessman

  4. Dexter ( Keith ). 1923–90, US jazz tenor saxophonist

  5. Lord George. 1751–93, English religious agitator. He led the Protestant opposition to legislation relieving Roman Catholics of certain disabilities, which culminated in the Gordon riots (1780)

  6. George Hamilton. See (4th Earl of) Aberdeen 2

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Head coach Eddie Howe has urged Anthony Gordon to stay "fully focused" after the Newcastle United forward was linked with a move to Arsenal.

From BBC

Gordon is the latest key figure at the club to have been subject of reported interest elsewhere.

From BBC

Gordon, Sandro Tonali and Tino Livramento are just some of the Newcastle players who have been touted with moves away in the media in recent months.

From BBC

Anthony Gordon looks sharp as anything up front for Newcastle, with Nick Woltemade playing just in behind.

From BBC

But in a news conference Thursday, Gordon, along with leaders at the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, Internal Revenue Service, and Homeland Security Investigations, touted the effect of the new indictment and recent arrests of cartel leaders.

From Los Angeles Times