Gordon

American  

[gawr-dn] / ˈgɔr dn /

noun

1. Charles George Chinese GordonGordon Pasha, 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.

2. Charles William, real name of Ralph Connor.

3. Lord George, 1751–93, English politician.

4. George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784–1860, British statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1852–55.

5. Mary (Catherine), born 1949, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.

6. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “round hill.”

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Gordon British  

/ ˈɡɔːdən /

noun

1. Adam Lindsay. 1833–70, Australian poet and horseman, born in the Azores, who developed the bush ballad as a literary form, esp in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870)

2. Charles George, known as Chinese Gordon. 1833–85, British general and administrator. He helped to crush the Taiping rebellion (1863–64), and was governor of the Sudan (1877–80), returning in 1884 to aid Egyptian forces against the Mahdi. He was killed in the siege of Khartoum

3. Sir Donald . born 1930; South African businessman

4. Dexter ( Keith ). 1923–90, US jazz tenor saxophonist

5. Lord George. 1751–93, English religious agitator. He led the Protestant opposition to legislation relieving Roman Catholics of certain disabilities, which culminated in the Gordon riots (1780)

6. George Hamilton. See (4th Earl of) Aberdeen 2

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While Mr. Gordon makes a compelling case, it seems that it would be important for any investor, private or public, to assess the associated risks in any U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

I kind of wished Gordon Lightfoot would still have been around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Mr. Gordon rightly notes that “restarting the refinery alone wouldn’t resolve the territory’s financial crisis,” but he avoids a discussion of violence in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

He said her friends had not seen her for some time, but Gordon had lied to them for more than 18 months about her whereabouts and pretended to be her on email and phone messages.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

As Gordon Cooper brought Project Mercury to a successful conclusion in 1963 with a twenty-two-orbit flight, Randolph made plans for another march on Washington.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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