MacArthur

[ muhk-ahr-ther, muh-kahr- ]

noun

1. Douglas, 1880–1964, U.S. general: supreme commander of allied forces in southwestern Pacific Ocean during World War II and of United Nations forces in Korea 1950–51.

Macarthur

¹

/ məˈkɑːθə /

noun

1. MacarthurJohn17671834MAustralianEnglishMILITARY: soldierWRITING: pastoralistBUSINESS: entrepreneur John. 1767–1834, Australian military officer, pastoralist, and entrepreneur, born in England. He established the breeding of merino sheep in Australia and was influential in founding the Australian wool industry

MacArthur

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/ məˈkɑːθə /

noun

1. MacArthurDouglas18801964MUSMILITARY: general Douglas. 1880–1964, US general. During World War II he became commanding general of US armed forces in the Pacific (1944) and accepted the surrender of Japan, the Allied occupation of which he commanded (1945–51). He was commander in chief of United Nations forces in Korea (1950–51) until dismissed by President Truman
2. MacArthurEllen1976FEnglishSPORT AND GAMES: yachtswoman Dame Ellen (Patricia) born 1976, English yachtswoman; in 2005 she set a new world record for the fastest solo world circumnavigation

Example Sentences

That heirloom, passed from one generation to the next, led Miles, a MacArthur fellow and historian, to re-create the trajectory of Rose’s descendants.

From Washington Post

A MacArthur-grant-winning social psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, she has made very bold claims about the importance of grit for years, and those claims have been echoed by other big names, too.

From Nautilus

Not long ago I interviewed Sarah Stewart, a MacArthur “genius” grantee, who “reinvented the moon.”

From Nautilus

The project earned a Nobel Prize for Mavalvala’s mentor, Rainer Weiss ’55, PhD ’62, and Mavalvala won a MacArthur fellowship, among other awards, for her part in the research.

From MIT Technology Review

The MacArthur and Doris Duke foundations also plan to issue bonds, according to the New York Times.

From Fortune

In 1951, Harry Truman fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War.

From The Daily Beast

Bonauto, now an official MacArthur genius, is rightly known as the Thurgood Marshall of the marriage movement.

From The Daily Beast

“My name is Alison Bechdel and I am a cartoonist,” she says with a little laugh at the beginning of her MacArthur video.

From The Daily Beast

In 2000, she was named a MacArthur genius fellow for her work on civil rights and immigration.

From The Daily Beast

The English painter and MacArthur ‘genius’ has created some of the most arresting landscapes in modern art.

From The Daily Beast

At the conclusion of my talk it was translated into French by Mr. MacArthur.

From Project Gutenberg

Donald Macarthur did not let him see much of Katreen, but the old man was no longer opposed to him.

From Project Gutenberg

Sheumais must wait till Ian Macarthur came back again, which might be any day now.

From Project Gutenberg

He held a council of officers, at which Mr. Macarthur and several others were present.

From Project Gutenberg

You have none to give me, Sheen Macarthur; and, if you had, it would not be taking it I would.

From Project Gutenberg