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Definition of Kilroy
1. Noun. A nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II. "Kilroy was here"
Definition of Kilroy
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Irish dot=) of (etyl ga) origin, from the Gaelic ''Mac Giolla Ruaidh''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilroy
Literary usage of Kilroy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770: Consisting of the Narrative by Frederic Kidder, John Adams (1870)
"... coming from the main-guard (amongst which was one Matthew Kilroy, of the 29th
regiment) going to the sentinel that was standing at the Custom-house. ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"In State i: Kilroy, 86 Ind. 118, the court defined the word " inhabitants," used
in Indiana Const., art. 6. $ 4, to mean " one who dwells or re- bides ..."
3. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice (1888)
"Mr. Kilroy owned the premises. I did not agree to pay him any rent. ... Mr.
Kilroy had not been in business there since he failed until I went there. ..."
4. John Drew by Edward Augustus Dithmar (1900)
"Mr. Kilroy, the equivalent of the French meddler with pathological ideas, could
have found no better representative on our stage than ..."
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