hogan

¹

[ hoh-gawn, -guhn ]

noun

1. a traditional Navajo dwelling constructed of branches and tree bark and covered with mud or sod, with a doorway facing east: maintained and used by modern Navajo people for religious and cultural ceremonies.

Hogan

²

[ hoh-guhn ]

noun

1. Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.

hogan

¹

/ ˈhəʊɡən /

noun

1. a wooden dwelling covered with earth, typical of the Navaho Indians of N America

Hogan

²

/ ˈheʊɡən /

noun

1. HoganBen19121997MUSSPORT AND GAMES: golfer Ben, full name William Benjamin Hogan. 1912–97, US golfer

Word History and Origins

Origin of hogan¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; from Navajo hooghan “hogan, home”

Word History and Origins

Origin of hogan¹

from Navaho

Example Sentences

“It’s going to be a big boost to our statewide efforts,” Hogan said, adding that recent declines in caseloads are an encouraging sign amid a desire to further lift restrictions.

From Washington Post

Maryland Republican Party begins to ponder its future without Hogan

From Washington Post

The legendary sportswriter said he believes Hogan missed out on 20 majors because of the war and then his injuries.

From Washington Post

Opponents of the project point to a close relationship between Transurban and the Hogan administration.

From Washington Post

Bowser, Northam and Hogan had asked the federal government last week to take responsibility for vaccinating as many as 30,000 federal workers in the region.

From Washington Post

“If that is the case, we will have a serious problem,” said Hogan Gidley, a GOP strategist in South Carolina.

From The Daily Beast

In probably the most Democratic state in the country, Maryland elected Larry Hogan the second Republican governor since 1969.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, Hogan is only the third Republican governor in the past 50 years.

From The Daily Beast

Hogan, who had never held elected office, won by five points over Brown in what had been assumed to be a safe Democratic state.

From The Daily Beast

Cuse: So Guillermo worked with Chuck Hogan and turned The Strain into a trilogy of novels.

From The Daily Beast

First off, some of us boys went over to that real-estate hogan–and found the door open and the place stripped.

From Project Gutenberg

I don't know annything that requires what Hogan calls th' exercise iv manly vigor more thin votin'.

From Project Gutenberg

Annyhow, as Hogan says, I care not who casts th' votes iv me counthry so long as we can hold th' offices.

From Project Gutenberg

Hogan is th' happyest man in th' wurruld about to-day but to-morrah something is goin' to happen.

From Project Gutenberg

There's th' divvle to pay all along th' levee fr'm Manchurya to Madagascar, accordin' to Hogan.

From Project Gutenberg

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