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Definition of Sir James Murray
1. Noun. Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915).
Generic synonyms: Lexicographer, Lexicologist, Philologist, Philologue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir James Murray
Literary usage of Sir James Murray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Notes and Queries by John Malcolm Bulloch (1892)
"Sir James Murray.—Can any of your readers favour me with some particulars regarding
Sir James Murray of ..."
2. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1904)
"But still the question remains, was it necessary to call Sir James Murray to
prove that fact. Why did the plaintiff call Sir James Murray as a witness at ..."
3. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1808)
"Sir James Murray PULTENEY. [From the Oracle.] HAT has this hero, Pulteney,
done ?• Where ate the laurels he has won ? If yon 're his friend, don't ask that ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1836)
"By Sir JAMES MURRAY, MD, Edinburgh, and TCD; Member of the Royal College of
Surgeons, Edinburgh; Senior Physician to the Lord Lieutenant. ..."
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