Douglas
pronunciation
How to pronounce Douglas in British English:
UK [ˈdʌɡləs]
How to pronounce Douglas in American English:
US [ˈdʌɡləs]
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- Noun:
- United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
Word Origin
- Douglas
- family name (late 12c.), later masc. personal name, from Gaelic Dubh glas "the dark water," name of a place in Lanarkshire. As a given name, in the top 40 for boys born in U.S. from 1942 to 1971. Douglas fir named for David Douglas (1798-1834), Scottish botanist who first recorded it in Pacific Northwest, 1825. Douglas scheme, Douglas plan, Douglassite, etc. refer to "social credit" economic model put forth by British engineer Maj. Clifford Hugh Douglas (1879-1952).
Example
- 1. Martin and douglas 's offering was a pup by comparison .
- 2. Martin and douglas won by default and boeing almost went bankrupt .
- 3. Bennis was greatly influenced by douglas mcgregor .
- 4. Douglas was working at the stanford research institute , a think tank sponsored by stanford university .
- 5. Was it lincoln and douglas , reagan and carter , kennedy and nixon or bush and clinton ?