Sutherland

[ suhth -er-luh nd ]

/ ˈsʌð ər lənd /

noun

Earl Wilbur, Jr.,1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.

George,1862–1942, U.S. politician and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1922–38.

Dame Joan,1926–2010, Australian soprano.

Also called Suth·er·land·shire

[suhth -er-luh nd-sheer, -sher] /ˈsʌð ər ləndˌʃɪər, -ʃər/. a historic county in N Scotland.

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Examples from the Web for sutherland

Sutherland had unwittingly purchased the paintings from a forger in California on eBay.
Why eBay Is an Art Forger’s Paradise|Lizzie Crocker|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By January 31, Sutherland was notified that his Hirst paintings were fakes.
A Pastor’s Holy Mistake: Selling an Art Forgery|Justin Jones|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sutherland said he possessed one, but was waiting for confirmation that it was available for sale.
A Pastor’s Holy Mistake: Selling an Art Forgery|Justin Jones|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sutherland—who began dealing art four years ago—met his downfall after making just one bad decision.
A Pastor’s Holy Mistake: Selling an Art Forgery|Justin Jones|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the chapter entitled “New Lands: America and the American Voice” Sutherland tries to compress 400 years into his six pages.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature|Malcolm Forbes|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From Sutherland he brought specimens of the finest clay, and reported a fine vein of heavy spar and "every symptom of coal."
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen|Rudolph Erich Raspe
Take it to a jeweller's, Sutherland, and get it cleaned, before you give it to Miss Cameron.
David Elginbrod|George MacDonald
In about an hour I had a second interview with the Duchess of Sutherland and a number of her noble family.
Soyer's Culinary Campaign|Alexis Soyer
Richenda proposed the house of her married sister, which was in Sutherland Place, Bayswater.
The Story of Louie|Oliver Onions
Dr. Sutherland chivalrously assumed the sole authorship, and was acrimoniously attacked by some of his professional brethren.
The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 2 of 2|Edward Tyas Cook

British Dictionary definitions for sutherland (1 of 2)

Sutherland

/ (ˈsʌðələnd) /

noun

(until 1975) a county of N Scotland, now part of Highland

British Dictionary definitions for sutherland (2 of 2)

Sutherland

/ (ˈsʌðələnd) /

noun

Graham. 1903–80, English artist, noted for his work as an official war artist (1941–44), for his tapestry Christ in Majesty (1962) in Coventry Cathedral, and for his portraits

Dame Joan, 1926–2010 known as La Stupenda. Australian operatic soprano

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Medicine definitions for sutherland

Sutherland

[ sŭð′ər-lənd ]

Earl Wilbur, Jr 1915-1974

American physiologist. He won a 1971 Nobel Prize for showing that cyclic AMP within the cell is the agent that moderates the action of hormones.