Muir
noun
Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
Muir
American
[myoor]
/ mjʊər /
noun
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Edwin, 1887–1959, English poet.
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John, 1838–1914, U.S. naturalist, explorer, and writer; born in Scotland.
muir
1
British
/ myr, mjuːr, muːr /
noun
Muir
2
British
/ mjʊə /
noun
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California naturalist John Muir compared the two valleys’ beauties, but that was before Hetch Hetchy Valley was transformed by the O’Shaughnessy Dam into a massive reservoir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Trees set to be cut down stand at Muir High School in Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
In March, Environment Minister Andrew Muir said reforms could see NI Water face tougher punishments for issues in the waterways.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Minister Muir said the first-ever tree-planting plan was "ambitious"
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
One suspects that Muir wouldn’t have thought McCandless terribly odd or incomprehensible.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
They wandered over muir and fell, in poverty and sorrow, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
Wi' gentle gale, fra' muir and dale, bring hame the laden bees!
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
The moon had risen, and was again flinging her beams over the muir of Falconcleugh, and the old mansion of the Melvilles stood in solemn darkness in the midst of the scene.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
The next resting-place seems to have been in the midst of the "Lang Whang"—a barren and bleak muir, which stretches eastward ten or eleven miles beyond Carnwath.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
They were full seven score men and seven Upon the muir who met: The king is slain--how rede we now?
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
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