Definition of Douglas

1. Noun. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861).


Definition of Douglas

1. Proper noun. (surname Scottish from=Scottish Gaelic) ¹

2. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹

3. Proper noun. The capital of the Isle of Man. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Douglas

Dothraki
Dottie
Dotto train
Dotto trains
Douala
Douay-Rheims Bible
Douay-Rheims Version
Douay Version
Double Jeopardy
Doubs
Douchey
Doug
Dougal
Dougherty
Dougie
Douglas (current term)
Douglas' cul-de-sac
Douglas' fold
Douglas Elton Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas Moore
Douglas abscess
Douglas bag
Douglas berries
Douglas berry
Douglas graft

Literary usage of Douglas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Nature 102:473-6 F 13 49 Douglas. Frances Juliet Church of Christ in process ... Kind M 28:227 Ap '16 Douglas, Sir George Brisbane Scott- Goethe restudied. ..."

2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"But Douglas is not only the chief feat of commerce: it is alfo the prin- ' cipal ... and card-parties, are now frequent among the higher circles of Douglas. ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"His relative George, the fourth Douglas, Earl of Angus, acquired the greater part ... C, who was created Marquis of Douglas ; from are descended the Duke of ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Douglas William Jerrold 1803-1857 1803, Douglas William Jerrold was born in ... 12; The Life and Remains 0} Douglas Jerrold by William Blanchard Jerrold, p. ..."

5. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Amid that dim and smoky light, Checkering the silvery moonshine bright, A noble lord of Douglas blood, With mitre sheen and rochet white. ..."

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