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Doug⋅las

[duhg-luhs]
–noun
1. Sir James (“the Black Douglas”), 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
2. James, 2nd Earl of, 1358?–88, Scottish military leader.
3. Kirk (Issur Danielovitch Demsky), born 1916, U.S. actor.
4. Lloyd C(as⋅sel) [kas-uhl] , 1877–1951, U.S. novelist and clergyman.
5. Michael, born 1944, U.S. actor and producer (son of Kirk Douglas).
6. Stephen A(rnold), 1813–61, U.S. political leader and statesman.
7. William O(r⋅ville) [awr-vil] , 1898–1980, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–75.
8. a city on and the capital of the Isle of Man: resort. 19,897.
9. a city in SE Arizona. 13,058.
10. a town in central Georgia. 10,980.
11. a male given name: from a Scottish word meaning “black water.”
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Douglas 
family name, later male personal name, from Gael. Dubh glas "the dark water," name of a place in Lanarkshire. 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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