Gordon

[ gawr-dn ]

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Charles George Chinese GordonGordon Pasha, 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.
Charles William, real name of Ralph Connor.
Lord George, 1751–93, English politician.
George Hamilton, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784–1860, British statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1852–55.
Mary (Catherine), born 1949, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “round hill.”

Gordon

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noun

GordonAdam Lindsay18331870MAustralianPortugueseWRITING: poetMISC: horseman 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)
GordonCharles George18331885MBritishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: administrator 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
GordonDonald1930MSouth AfricanBUSINESS: businessman Sir Donald . born 1930; South African businessman
GordonDexter (Keith)19231990MUSMUSIC: jazz tenor saxophonist Dexter ( Keith ). 1923–90, US jazz tenor saxophonist
GordonGeorge17511793MEnglishRELIGION: religious agitator 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)
George Hamilton. See (4th Earl of) Aberdeen 2

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The remains of the Ainu people - donated by Scottish anthropologist Dr Neil Gordon - were held in the university's anatomy museum.

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After Murray drilled a three-pointer and assisted Aaron Gordon on a three-pointer for a 17-point Nuggets lead, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue called a timeout with 2:35 left in the game and removed his starters.

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It is believed that Gordon Augustus Thomson, who travelled from Belfast to Hawaii in 1840, had removed iwi kūpuna from burial caves and donated them to Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society in 1857.

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They got down by 22 points in the fourth quarter, took a one-point lead and then tied the score — only to have Jokic shoot an airball on a step-back three-pointer that Aaron Gordon caught by the rim and dunked as time expired.

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Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are accused of manslaughter by gross negligence and causing or allowing the death of a child - charges they deny.

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Gordimer Gordon setter

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