Ramsay

[ram-zee]

noun

1. Allan, 1686–1758, Scottish poet.

2. George. Dalhousie.

3. James Andrew Broun. Dalhousie.

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

Ramsay

/ ˈræmzɪ /

noun

1. 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

2. his son, Allan 1713–84, Scottish portrait painter

3. See Dalhousie

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

5. 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

Ramsay

1. 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.

Example Sentences

However, Mr Brooks and his wife, Susan, then went on holiday to Australia in February 2024 and arranged to meet the actor at the Ramsay Street set, where they presented him with the Leicester City mug.

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Michael Ramsay, TiVo’s co-founder, blamed the price, arguing that DVRs wouldn’t reach mass-market penetration until they were priced as about a $100 “add-on” to cable set-top boxes.

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As the freelance journalist Adam Ramsay has pointed out, the figure for paid-up members is given elsewhere, in a statement for the party treasurer in the accounts for the Liberal Democrats in England.

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The party's two current MPs in rural areas could be particularly exposed - ex-leader Adrian Ramsay in Waveney Valley, on the border of Suffolk and Norfolk, and Ellie Chowns in North Herefordshire.

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Ramsay and Chowns also ran on a joint ticket against Polanski, picking up just 16% of the vote.

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