Logan

[ loh-guhn ]

noun
  1. John or James Tah-gah-jute, c1725–80, leader of the Cayuga tribe.

  2. Joshua, 1908–1988, U.S. playwright, director, and producer.

  1. Mount, a mountain in Canada, in the Mount Elias Mountains: second highest peak in North America. 19,850 feet (6,050 meters).

  2. a city in N Utah.

  3. a male given name.

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How to use Logan in a sentence

  • Contorted formations, logans and rock-basins, reveal the decomposition of softer measures that has been proceeding for ages.

    The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. Salmon
  • The Logans have got a dance on, but well look after you all right.

    The Half-Hearted | John Buchan
  • The firing was continuous for two hours, except while the Logans made proposals to the Tollivers to come out and surrender.

  • The thing in question, which was driven by a sepoy in bright yellow pyjamas, stopped at the Logans gate.

    The Half-Hearted | John Buchan
  • Lewis accepted gladly, and with one of his sweetest smiles the gentleman returned to Mrs. Logans side.

    The Half-Hearted | John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for logan (1 of 3)

logan1

logan-stone

/ (ˈləʊɡən) /


noun
  1. other names for rocking stone

Origin of logan

1
C18: from logging-stone, from dialect log to rock

British Dictionary definitions for logan (2 of 3)

logan2

/ (ˈləʊɡən) /


noun
  1. Canadian another name for bogan 1

British Dictionary definitions for Logan (3 of 3)

Logan

/ (ˈləʊɡən) /


noun
  1. Mount Logan a mountain in NW Canada, in SW Yukon in the St Elias Range: the highest peak in Canada and the second highest in North America. Height (after a re-survey in 1993): 5959 m (19 550 ft)

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