Murdoch

American  

[mur-dok] / ˈmɜr dɒk /

noun

1. (Dame) (Jean) Iris, 1919–99, British novelist and philosopher, born in Ireland.

2. (Keith) Rupert, born 1931, U.S. publisher and media mogul, born in Australia.

3. a male given name.

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Murdoch British  

/ ˈmɜːdɒk /

noun

1. Dame ( Jean ) Iris . 1919–99, British writer. Her books include The Bell (1958), A Severed Head (1961), The Sea, The Sea (1978), which won the Booker Prize, The Philosopher's Pupil (1983), and Existentialists and Mystics (1997)

2. ( Keith ) Rupert. born 1931, US publisher and media entrepreneur, born in Australia; chairman of News International Ltd (including Times Newspapers Ltd), 20th Century-Fox, and HarperCollins

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Example Sentences

When the Duke of Sussex embarked on his last legal campaigns, against Mirror Group Newspapers and Rupert Murdoch's News Group, there was already plenty of evidence of media malpractice.

From BBC

Murdoch said he has noticed the climate changing.

From BBC

He wants to turn his media business into a family affair akin to the Murdoch family’s holdings, he said, though neither of his children are currently involved.

From The Wall Street Journal

For all the emotional and psychological detail like this spilled in “Dynasty: The Murdochs,” it doesn’t make a play for our sympathies or leave us feeling any particular way about these people.

From Salon

He made a rare exception when he played Blair for a third time, when he accepted an invite to a dinner at Rupert Murdoch's house that the former prime minister would also be at.

From BBC