Ramsay

[ ram-zee ]

/ ˈræm zi /

noun

Allan,1686–1758, Scottish poet.

George. Dalhousie(def 1).

James Andrew Broun. Dalhousie(def 2).

Sir William,1852–1916, English chemist: Nobel prize 1904.

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At one point, Ramsay is shown crowing over one of their desserts.
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Ramsay doubtless felt the need to make something extraordinary from this pulpy departure point.
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By his early thirties, Ramsay had a burgeoning empire of his own and a series of Michelin stars to show for it.
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Back then, Ramsay was an up-and-coming player in the food world, a working class Scot whose father drank too much and abused him.
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Ramsay and Gordon and Marshall—nay, the British historians themselves have written gross exaggerations.
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I had arranged to meet Ramsay this morning on the road to the Riffelberg.
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Mistress Ramsay was seated at her spinning-wheel, anxiously brooding over the tales of the day.
Horse-Shoe Robinson|John Pendleton Kennedy
Ramsay looked about, hoping to see Devil Chad, but he was nowhere in sight.
The Spell of the White Sturgeon|James Arthur Kjelgaard
As Ramsay watched him go, he felt a vast envy of the light-hearted fisherman.
The Spell of the White Sturgeon|James Arthur Kjelgaard

British Dictionary definitions for ramsay

Ramsay

/ (ˈræmzɪ) /

noun

Allan . ?1686–1758, Scottish poet, editor, and bookseller, noted particularly for his pastoral comedy The Gentle Shepherd (1725): first person to introduce the circulating library in Scotland

his son, Allan 1713–84, Scottish portrait painter

James Andrew Broun Ramsay See Dalhousie (def. 2)

Gordon. born 1963, British chef and restaurateur; achieved a third Michelin star (2001)

Sir William . 1852–1916, Scottish chemist. He discovered argon (1894) with Rayleigh, isolated helium (1895), and identified neon, krypton, and xenon: Nobel prize for chemistry 1904

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Science definitions for ramsay

Ramsay

[ răm′zē ]

Sir William 1852-1916

British chemist who discovered the noble gases argon (with Lord Rayleigh), helium, neon, xenon, and krypton. For this work he was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize for chemistry. In 1908 his research showed that radon was also a noble gas.

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