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megan terry

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Ter⋅ry

[ter-ee]
–noun
1. Clark, born 1920, U.S. jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player and singer.
2. Ellen (Alicia or Alice), 1848?–1928, English actress.
3. Megan (Marguerite Duffy), born 1932, U.S. playwright and feminist.
4. William (Bill; “Memphis Bill”), 1898–1989, U.S. baseball player.
5. a male given name, form of Terrence or Theodore.
6. a female given name, form of Theresa.
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Terry, Megan Originally Marguerite Duffy. Born 1932.  
American playwright and feminist. A leader in American experimental theater, she is best known for her anti-war musical Viet Rock (1966).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

terry 
"loop raised in pile-weaving, left uncut," 1784, possibly an alteration of Fr. tiré "drawn," from pp. of tirer "draw out" (cf. cognate Ger. gezogener Sammet "drawn velvet").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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