Definition of Selcraig

1. Noun. Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721).

Exact synonyms: Alexander Selcraig, Alexander Selkirk, Selkirk
Generic synonyms: Crewman, Sailor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selcraig

Sekgalagadi
Sekhet
Sekhmet
Sekhon
Selaginella apoda
Selaginella eatonii
Selaginella eremophila
Selaginella lepidophylla
Selaginella rupestris
Selaginellaceae
Selaginellales
Selah
Selangor
Selar
Selar crumenophthalmus
Selcraig
Seldinger technique
Select
Selected Area Electron Diffraction
Selective Service System
Selects
Selena
Selenarctos
Selenarctos thibetanus
Selene
Selene setapinnis
Selene vomer
Selenicereus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Selenipedium

Literary usage of Selcraig

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

1. Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men of Fife: Of Past and Present Times by Matthew Forster Conolly (1866)
"John selcraig, younger, being questioned concerning the foregoing tumult, ... selcraig came running for her husband John, and desired him to go to his ..."

2. Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1847)
"Agreeably to this citation the parties appeared—the father, the mother, the eldest son and his wife, and-our hero. On this occasion John selcraig, the elder ..."

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