murray

plural murrays

1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of moray.

plural Murrays

1. countableuncountableA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

   Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.

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2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

   Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now.

   1992 January 30, Jennifer Dunning, “Review/Dance; Premiere Opens Season For Nikolais and Louis”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024

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   Murray was the sort of name he might have expected his father to pick. Murray : not a family name, not a friend's name, not some old blowhard up in New Hampshire (his father's home state) who'd sat around in the general store playing checkers and sucking his teeth. Murray was a name you couldn't do anything with. Murr — what the hell kind of nickname was that? The kids in second and third grade had certainly seen the name's possibilities. With the appropriate swishes and vocal flutings, they called him "Mary".

   1992, Martha Grimes, The End of the Pier, page 151

3. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA major river in south-eastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean, through New South Wales and Victoria, where it forms the border for hundreds of miles, to the sea through South Australia; in full, the Murray River. Named after Sir George Murray.
   2. countableuncountableA suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
   3. countableuncountableA local government area, the Shire of Murray, in the Peel region, Western Australia, probably named after the Murray River (Western Australia).
   4. countableuncountableA river in Western Australia (as above).
   5. countableuncountableA minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
   6. countableuncountableA census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana.
   9. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky.
   10. countableuncountableA village in Cass County, Nebraska.
   11. countableuncountableA town in Orleans County, New York.
   12. countableuncountableA city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
   13. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah.