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Frazer

American  
[frey-zer] / ˈfreɪ zər /

noun

  1. Sir James George, 1854–1941, Scottish anthropologist: writer of socio-anthropological studies.

  2. a male given name.


Frazer British  
/ ˈfreɪzə /

noun

  1. Sir James George . 1854–1941, Scottish anthropologist; author of many works on primitive religion, and magic, esp The Golden Bough (1890)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Earlier this year, Robert Frazer was named as the top federal prosecutor in the state, after an agreement between federal judges and the Justice Department.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

One of the system's architects Frazer Rhodes said the latest alert "really has divided opinion" and the government should set out the criteria for when it will and will not be used.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Steve Frazer, President of the Causeway Chamber of Commerce, said the Coleraine campus is "hugely important" and not just an educational establishment but a key economic driver right across the north west.

From BBC May 17, 2026

In a filing, the Justice Department accepted a court’s appointment of Robert Frazer as head of New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, an abrupt reversal of its assertion that courts have no such power.

From Slate Mar. 24, 2026

The English scholar, Sir J. G. Frazer, thinks he probably wrote in either the first or the second century of our era.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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