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

... the Earl's arrival at Perth, Mr. James Murray, second son of Lord Stormont arrived from St. Germains, bringing assurances of support, and letters from the Chevalier, who had appointed him Secretary of State for the affairs of Scotland. Mr. Murray is ...

— Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. - Volume I. • Mrs. Thomson

... 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

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

— 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 ...

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