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Definition of Alexander 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).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alexander Selcraig
Literary usage of Alexander 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: Natives of the County, Or by Matthew Forster Conolly (1866)
"... and to be rebuked ш the face of the congregation for his scandalous carriage.
November 30. Alexander Selcraig, according to the session's appointment, ..."
2. Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1847)
"Alexander -Selcraig called out; tiid not appear, having gone to sea." Resolved,
however, that he should not escape the rebuke which he had merited, ..."
3. Crusoe's Island: A Bird-hunter's Story by Frederick Albion Ober (1898)
"Two days later the following entry was made in the kirk record : ' Alexander
Selcraig called out; did not appear, having gone to sea. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1868)
"... published in London 1829:— "'Alexander Selcraig was the seventh son (no daugh-
tere intervening) of John Selcraig and ..."
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