Kerr

American  

[kur, kahr] / kɜr, kɑr /

noun

1. Clark, 1911–2003, U.S. educator: president of the University of California 1958–67.

2. Michael Crawford, 1827–76, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1875–76.

3. Walter F., 1913–96, U.S. drama critic and author.

4. a male given name.

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Kerr British  

/ kɜː /

noun

1. Sir John Robert. 1914–91, Australian public servant. As governor general of Australia (1974–77), he dismissed the Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam (1975) amid great controversy

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Kerr

Kerr is one of a number of parents calling for new mandatory measures in schools to keep pupils like Caolán safe.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Crane said he had known Kerr for two years, and that the teenager came to his flat every day to see his lurcher greyhound cross dog which Crane was looking after.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Asked by Chris Rees KC, defending Mears, if Kerr dealt drugs, Crane said he was "not sure".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Markets had been expecting a bumper third quarter following an ebullient start to the year crowned by SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO in June, Mergermarket’s head of global equity capital markets Samuel Kerr said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

There were mock lectures and sermons, and then Kerr, the second engineer, made an entrance dressed as a tramp and began singing a ridiculous rendition of “Spagoni the Toreador.”

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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