Macdonald

¹

[ muhk-don-uhld ]

noun

1. George, 1824–1905, Scottish novelist and poet.
2. Sir John Alexander, 1815–91, Canadian statesman, born in Scotland: first prime minister 1867–73, 1878–91.

MacDonald

²

[ muhk-don-uhld ]

noun

1. James Ramsay, 1866–1937, British statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1924, 1929–35.

MacDonald

¹

/ məkˈdɒnəld /

noun

1. MacDonald(James) Ramsay18661937MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister ( James ) Ramsay . 1866–1937, British statesman, who led the first and second Labour Governments (1924 and 1929–31). He also led a coalition (1931–35), which the majority of the Labour Party refused to support

Macdonald

²

/ məkˈdɒnəld /

noun

1. MacdonaldFlora17221790FScottishMISC: Jacobite heroine Flora. 1722–90, Scottish heroine, who helped the Young Pretender to escape to Skye after his defeat at the battle of Culloden (1746)
2. MacdonaldSir John Alexander18151891MCanadianScottishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Sir John Alexander. 1815–91, Canadian statesman, born in Scotland, who was the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–73; 1878–91)

Example Sentences

In many of the letters, he wrote that he believed that MacDonald was innocent, despite later acknowledging that he felt otherwise.

From Washington Post

Macdonald did not attend college, her son said, and worked for Scottish Television and ITV before joining BBC, where she worked on shows including BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour.”

From Washington Post

Macdonald most recently coached for the Baltimore Ravens under Harbaugh’s brother John, so expect the Wolverines to stay plenty blitzy.

From FiveThirtyEight

“We had a whole roadmap of things we wanted to build, but we recognized that at our scale, we could be better served by partnering up with bigger organizations,” MacDonald said.

From TechCrunch

MacDonald will also partner with Lisa Erspamer and her Happy Street Entertainment company again on the project.

From Essence.com

MacDonald attended the trial but escaped on bond when he was awaiting sentence.

From The Daily Beast

It is understood that MacDonald has been on the radar for years.

From The Daily Beast

ROME, Italy — Roderick MacDonald has been proven to be the worst kind of pedophile there is—an apologetic serial offender.

From The Daily Beast

MacDonald is believed to have been living in a campground in Portugal when McCann disappeared.

From The Daily Beast

What that means, though, according to MacDonald, is that the developers are always five years ahead of you.

From The Daily Beast

Macdonald was entrusted with this duty, and was further required to cover the concentration of Championnet's army.

From Project Gutenberg

On the afternoon of July 5th it fell to the lot of Macdonald to attempt to seize the plateau which formed the Austrian centre.

From Project Gutenberg

In the famous campaign of 1814 Macdonald fought fiercely to drive the enemy out of France.

From Project Gutenberg

Like his fellow Marshals, Macdonald hated the Spanish war, which was a war of posts, and devoid of glory.

From Project Gutenberg

Macdonald attempted, by a combined frontal attack and a turning movement, to dislodge them.

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