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Definition of Macarthur
1. Noun. United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964).
Definition of Macarthur
1. Proper noun. (surname Scottish from=Scottish Gaelic); (alternative spelling of Mac Arthur) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macarthur
Literary usage of Macarthur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biblical Counsel: Resources for Renewal : an Annotated Topical Bibliography by Steven C. Kettler (1993)
"MacArthur isn't afraid to ask tough questions and arrive at unpopular ...
31603 MacArthur, John F., Jr., Church Leadership: A Study of Elders and Deacons (1 ..."
2. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815: New by Sir Spencer Walpole (1912)
"In 1791 the same ship which had brought out a load of fever-stricken convicts
carried a young man, John MacArthur, who had bought a commission in the corps ..."
3. The American Occupation of the Philippines, 1898-1912 by James Henderson Blount (1912)
"terminate a chapter on "MacArthur and the War," seeing that General MacArthur
continued to command the American forces in the Philippines and to direct ..."
4. Discrimination Against the Japanese in California: A Review of the Real by Herbert Buell Johnson (1907)
"Mr. MacArthur Again. As a side light concerning the safety of Mr. MacArthur ...
He was followed by Mr. Walter MacArthur, who announced that he represented ..."
5. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1836)
"and finds the said John macarthur liable in expenses to the said Isaac Baxter in
the procedure betwixt them before the Supreme Court, and also under the ..."