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Definition of Garran

1. n. See Galloway.

Definition of Garran

1. garron [n -S] - See also: garron

Medical Definition of Garran

1. See Galloway. [Scot. Garron or gerron. Origin: Gael. Garran, gearran, gelding, work horse, hack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garran

Literary usage of Garran

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

1. The French Revolution in San Domingo by Lothrop Stoddard (1914)
"See also garran-Coulon, I, 248-51; "Desastres," 154-55; Edwards, 39-40. Both sides later drew up justificatory memorials to the National Assembly; ..."

2. Beauties of Antiquity ; Or, Remnants of Feudal Splendor and Monastic Times by John Hassell (1807)
"Kl L garran CASTLE, PEMBROKESHIRE. SUPPOSED to have been built by Gilbert Strong- bow, or Roger de Montgomery, in the reign of William the Conqueror. ..."

3. The Cromwellian settlement of Ireland by John Patrick Prendergast (1868)
"John Fitzgerald, of the same, fortie; black; low; tenant; three cows, ten sheepe, one garran; one acre of wheate and beare. 40. Morish Roch, of the same, ..."

4. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1887)
"Then came to him the garran 6 that was wont to be with the monks in the island, ... The attendant,4 ie Diarmait, essayed to drive the garran away from him. ..."

5. The French Revolution in San Domingo by Lothrop Stoddard (1914)
"See also garran-Coulon, I, 248-51; "Desastres," 154-55; Edwards, 39-40. Both sides later drew up justificatory memorials to the National Assembly; ..."

6. Beauties of Antiquity ; Or, Remnants of Feudal Splendor and Monastic Times by John Hassell (1807)
"Kl L garran CASTLE, PEMBROKESHIRE. SUPPOSED to have been built by Gilbert Strong- bow, or Roger de Montgomery, in the reign of William the Conqueror. ..."

7. The Cromwellian settlement of Ireland by John Patrick Prendergast (1868)
"John Fitzgerald, of the same, fortie; black; low; tenant; three cows, ten sheepe, one garran; one acre of wheate and beare. 40. Morish Roch, of the same, ..."

8. Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban by William Forbes Skene (1887)
"Then came to him the garran 6 that was wont to be with the monks in the island, ... The attendant,4 ie Diarmait, essayed to drive the garran away from him. ..."

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