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Neil
[ neel ]
noun
- a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”
Example Sentences
He set the tone with a superb 115 in the opening frame to equal Neil Robertson's landmark total of 103 centuries set in 2013-14.
The remains of the Ainu people - donated by Scottish anthropologist Dr Neil Gordon - were held in the university's anatomy museum.
Acts including Bono, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young joined him onstage for charity events, and in 2019 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his cancer activism.
The Englishman, who came through two qualifying rounds to get to the Crucible, eliminated 2010 world champion Neil Robertson in the first round of the main tournament and then defeated former world number one Mark Allen in the last 16.
Fifteen years ago, Davis defeated Mark King 10-9 in the Crucible first round, won 13-11 against a then-34-year-old Higgins, the reigning champion, before losing 13-5 to eventual winner Neil Robertson in the last eight.
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