Gordon
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Charles George Chinese GordonGordon Pasha, 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.
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Charles William, real name of Ralph Connor.
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Lord George, 1751–93, English politician.
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George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784–1860, British statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1852–55.
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Mary (Catherine), born 1949, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
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a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “round hill.”
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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)
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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
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Sir Donald . born 1930; South African businessman
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Dexter ( Keith ). 1923–90, US jazz tenor saxophonist
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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)
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George Hamilton. See (4th Earl of) Aberdeen 2
Example Sentences
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The possibility eventually drew the attention of Gordon Osinski, a planetary geologist at Western University who also directs the Impact Earth database.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Adam Gordon, who leads the federal prosecutor’s office in San Diego, did not respond to a request for comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
"Ultimately, this is a decision that we have not taken lightly, but unfortunately, one as a board we had to make due to the recent downturn of results and performances," said executive chairman, Ian Gordon.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Many customers tend to stay at one bank with their “sticky” deposits, Gordon noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
“I promise, I read each and every story, and loved them all. But the three winners we honor tonight are nothing short of brilliant. Please join me in celebrating our third-place winner, Gordon Jeffries!”
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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