McDowell

[muh k-dou-uh l]

noun

Ephraim,1771–1830, U.S. surgeon.
Irvin,1818–85, Union general in the American Civil War.

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Examples from the Web for mcdowell

Contemporary Examples of mcdowell

McDowell could have used all sorts of expletives to tell the offending fans to shut up.
Major League Homophobia Isn't Going Away
Buzz Bissinger
May 4, 2011
Todd Achondo, a fan at the April 23 game, heard McDowell say.
Major League Homophobia Isn't Going Away
Buzz Bissinger
May 4, 2011

Historical Examples of mcdowell

The inquiry will not end in making a thorough general of McDowell.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863
Adam Gurowski
McDowell himself had not lacked in dash and grit, nor, to say sooth, in strategy.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
McDowell was making a frontal attack and sending in his brigades piecemeal.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
We hear that McDowell is somewhere between you and Fredericksburg.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
The government there may be trusted, I think, to recall McDowell.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston

mcdowell in Medicine

McDowell

[mək-dou′əl]Ephraim 1771-1830

American surgeon who performed (1809) the first recorded ovariotomy.

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