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James Murray

noun

Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915). Synonyms: James Augustus Henry Murray, James Augustus Murray, Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir James Augustus Murray, Sir James Murray.

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... of Traquair, A message cam right speedilye— "What news? What news?" James Murray said, "Man, frae ...

— Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3) • Walter Scott

... the lines still ornaments the grounds at Ardwell, in Scotland, the seat of James Murray ...

— Life and Literature - Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, - and classified in alphabetical order • J. Purver Richardson

... General James Murray, the son of Lord Elibank, was appointed the first British Governor of Canada. Previous to the fall of Montreal, de Levis, refusing to consider the cause of France lost on the St. Lawrence, valiantly resolved on an attack on General Murray at Quebec. ...

— Famous Firesides of French Canada • Mary Wilson Alloway

... this magazine article, the late Sir James Murray, the eminent philologist, tried, with that amazing industry that characterized all his work, to trace the word "tangram" to its source. At length he wrote as follows:—"One of my sons is a professor in the ...

— Amusements in Mathematics • Henry Ernest Dudeney

Words linked to "James Murray" : philologist, lexicologist, philologue, lexicographer