Orr

[awr]

noun

Sir John Boyd. Boyd Orr, Sir John.
Robert GordonBobby, born 1948, Canadian ice-hockey player.

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Contemporary Examples of orr

Snyder and Orr went ahead anyway, under the authority of the emergency management law.
The Republican Occupation of Detroit
Sally Kohn
July 30, 2014
Orr filed for bankruptcy because he got nowhere in his direct negotiations with creditors.
Detroit’s Bankruptcy Raises Questions That Go Far Beyond the City Limits
Stephen D. Eide
July 20, 2013
Orr's emergency budget does manage to be balanced next year, thanks to some pretty aggressive cost cutting.
Saving Detroit: When a Big City Stops Being Big
Megan McArdle
May 13, 2013

Historical Examples of orr

Diane was at his side, and led him straight over to young Orr.
The Night Riders
Ridgwell Cullum
And what has become of them—I mean Mrs. Orr and her daughter?
The Night Riders
Ridgwell Cullum
Doubtless Herbert was right, and Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Orr were wrong.
The Longest Journey
E. M. Forster
Mr. Orr said that the petition was respectful in form and ought to be received.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
Various
The insolence of Mr. Orr is not merely individual, but representative.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
Various

British Dictionary definitions for orr

Orr

noun

Robert Gordon, known as Bobby . born 1948, Canadian ice-hockey player

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