Gregory

Definitions

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   countable, uncountable
2. Shortened form of Gregory Peck, a neck
   Cockney, slang
3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
   countable, uncountable
4. A small town on the Gregory River in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.
   countable, uncountable
5. A small town and port in the Shire of Northampton, Western Australia.
   countable, uncountable
6. A city in Gregory County, South Dakota, United States.
   countable, uncountable
7. Synonym of Hopewell, Gibson County, Tennessee.
   countable, uncountable
8. A city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The surname Graff was chosen because upscale consumers respect⟳ anything Teutonic - regard it as efficient, intelligent, and reliable. But only up to a point⟳. A forename like⟳ Helmut or Wilhelm wouldn't have⟳ done. Too German. Too foreign. 'Gregory' scores high on the likability scale. All-American. Greg. He's one of the boys, with Teutonic ancestry.”

““The analyses are very convincing and we no longer have⟳ any doubts that these are the wrecks of the two Danish slave ships,” said marine archaeologist David Gregory, a research⟳ professor and head of the new maritime research⟳ center, Njord, at the National Museum of Denmark, in the news release⟳. […] Gregory led the excavations alongside marine archaeologist Andreas Kallmeyer Bloch, who is also a curator at the National Museum.”

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