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Dugald

Dugald proper noun: a male given name.

Proper noun

Dugald (plural Dugalds)

  1. A male given name.
    • "Country?" replied Cuddie; "ou, the country's weel eneugh, and it werena that dour deevil, Calver'se, ( they ca' him Dundee now) that's stirring about yet in the Highlands, they say, with a' the Donalds, and Duncans, and Dugalds, that ever wore bottomless breeks, driving about wi' him, to set...1816, Walter Scott, Old Mortality, Samuel H. Parker, published 1836, page 232
    • One aim of the move [from Nine Elms] had been to speed up the overhaul of the company's locomotive stock and to reduce costs with more efficient workshop facilities, in what Dugald Drummond claimed to be "the most complete and up-to-date works owned by any railway company".1961 March, C.P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 159
  2. A community in the Rural Municipality of Springfield, Manitoba, Canada.

Forms of Dugald

pluralDugalds

Questions about Dugald

What does Dugald mean?
Dugald means a male given name.
What part of speech is Dugald?
Dugald is a proper noun.

Words near Dugald in the dictionary

  1. dug up dirt
  2. dug-out
  3. dug-outs
  4. Duga Resa
  5. Dugal
  6. Dugald
  7. Dugalds
  8. Dugals
  9. Dugan
  10. Duganne
  11. Dugannes

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