Douglas Definition

dŭgləs
noun
A masculine name: dim. Doug.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Little Giant
  • stephen arnold douglas
  • Stephen A. Douglas
pronoun
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A Scottish surname​.

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The capital of the Isle of Man.
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Origin of Douglas

  • From a place name, Goidelic dubh (“black”) + glas (“stream”).

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Douglas Sentence Examples

  • From the west the loch receives the Inveruglas, the Douglas, the Luss, the Finlas and the Fruin.

  • In 1522 Douglas was stricken by the plague which raged in London, and died at the house of his friend Lord Dacre.

  • He belonged to a noble family of Scotch descent, tracing its origin to Walter Stutt, who in 1420 accompanied the earls of Buchan and Douglas to the court of France, and whose family afterwards rose to be counts of Tracy.

  • In the interval, Douglas's rights in Aberbrothock had been transferred to James Beaton, archbishop of Glasgow, and he was now without title or temporality.

  • After July 1516 Douglas appears to have been in possession of his see, and to have patched up a diplomatic peace with Albany.

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Words Starting With

DDODOU

Words Ending With

SASLAS

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Douglas

Words Starting With D and Ending With S

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With D7 Letter Words Ending With S