Guthrie
Americannoun
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A(lfred) B(ertram), Jr., 1901–91, U.S. novelist.
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Sir (William) Tyrone, 1900–71, English stage director and producer.
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Woodrow Wilson Woody, 1912–67, U.S. folk singer.
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a city in central Oklahoma: the former state capital.
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a male given name.
noun
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Samuel. 1782–1848, US chemist: invented percussion priming powder and a punch lock for exploding it, and discovered chloroform (1831)
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Sir ( William ) Tyrone . 1900–71, English theatrical director
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Woody, full name Woodrow Wilson Guthrie. 1912–67, US folk singer and songwriter. His songs include "So Long, it's been Good to Know you" (1940) and "This Land is your Land" (1944)
Example Sentences
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On Friday, exactly six months after Nancy Guthrie was abducted, police released two ransom notes in the hope that they would help identify her kidnappers.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Over the following weeks, investigators examined an exposed bone found by a hiker 10 miles from the Guthrie house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The other claimed Guthrie died shortly after she was taken.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Sheriff’s deputies returned to the Guthrie house the next day—Wednesday, Feb. 4—and unspooled a perimeter of police tape around the house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
In the last week of July 1926, as the summer heat reached infernal temperatures, the trial of Hale and Ramsey for the murder of Henry Roan began at the redbrick courthouse in Guthrie.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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