MACPHERSON

Date "MACPHERSON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Crosswords: MACPHERSON

Specialty definitions using "MACPHERSON": Close ♦ Fingal's Cave. (references)

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Specialty Definition: MACPHERSON

Domain	Definition
Literature	MacPherson During the reign of David I. of Scotland, a younger brother of the chief of the powerful clan Chattan espoused the clerical life, and in due time became abbot of Kingussie. His elder brother died childless, and the chieftainship devolved on the abbot. He procured the needful dispensation from the Pope, married the daughter of the thane of Calder, and a swarm of little "Kingussies" was the result. The good people of Invernessshire called them the Mac-phersons, i.e. the sons of the parson. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Modern Usage: MACPHERSON

Domain	Usage
Clever	Anarchy is hatred of human authority; atheism of divine authority -- two sides of the same whole. (references; author: Macpherson)
Movie/TV Titles	Your Personal Best with Elle MacPherson (1996) Die Schönsten Frauen der Welt - Elle MacPherson (1995)
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Commercial Usage: MACPHERSON

Domain	Title
Books	MacPherson's Lament: An Elizabeth MacPherson Mystery (reference) The Poems of Ossian and Related Works (The Ossianic Works of James Macpherson) (reference) The Sublime Savage: A Study of James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian (reference) The PMS Outlaws : An Elizabeth MacPherson Novel (reference) Democracy and Possessive Individualism: The Intellectual Legacy of C. B. MacPherson (Suny Series in Political Theory: Contemporary Issues) (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: MACPHERSON

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Photo Album: MACPHERSON

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia, leaving the ship after a visit on board, probably near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, circa 1947. Following the King are Mohamed Effendi (interpreter), J. MacPherson (General Manager, Arabian-American Oil Company), unidentified Saudi, J. Rives Childs (U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia), and Colonel William McNown (Military Attache to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt). Note the photographers and bodyguards standing in the foreground. Credit: NAVY.
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Familiar Quotations: MACPHERSON

Author	Quotation
Macpherson	Anarchy is hatred of human authority; atheism of divine authority -- two sides of the same whole.
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Non-Fiction Usage: MACPHERSON

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Schantz PM, Chai J, Craig PS, Eckert J, Jenkins DJ, Macpherson CNL, Thakur A. Epidemiology and Control. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	CLOSE-:FISTED:, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain. "Close-fisted Scotchman!" Johnson cried To thrifty J. Macpherson; "See me -- I'm ready to divide With any worthy person." Sad Jamie: "That is very true -- The boast requires no backing; And all are worthy, sir, to you, Who have what you are lacking." Anita M. Bobe
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Usage Frequency: MACPHERSON

"MACPHERSON" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MACPHERSON" is used about 133 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	133	27,614

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Name Usage Frequency: MACPHERSON

The following table summarizes the usage of "MACPHERSON" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Macpherson	Last name	2,000	4,869
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MACPHERSON

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
elle macpherson	1,544	macpherson tim	6
mimi macpherson	181	fort macpherson	6
macpherson	74	elle macpherson playboy	6
macpherson strut	36	elle macpherson wallpaper	6
elle macpherson picture	28	joe macpherson chevrolet	5
macpherson model	22	elle macpherson lingerie	5
elle macpherson photo	20	earl macpherson	5
macpherson mimi video	17	macpherson prudential	5
elle macpherson pic	16	elle entertainment macpherson	4
home macpherson mimi video	13	elle macpherson siren	4
daniel macpherson	12	elle gallery macpherson photo	4
elle macpherson gallery	11	macpherson suspension	4
arpad busson elle macpherson	11	joe macpherson ford	4
dave macpherson	10	greg macpherson	4
james macpherson	9	leslie macpherson tyerman	4
clan macpherson	9	joe macpherson infiniti	3
macpherson patricia	9	macpherson realty	3
kevin macpherson	8	capshaw elle kate macpherson	3
elle macpherson intimates	7	daniel gallery macpherson photo	3
duncan macpherson	7	macpherson school secondary	3
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Anagrams: MACPHERSON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-m-n-o-p-r-s"
	-1 letter: canephors, chaperons.
	-2 letters: camphors, canephor, capsomer, champers, chaperon, chompers, choreman, compares, corpsman, corpsmen, crampons, horseman, manropes, menorahs, mesocarp, monarchs, nomarchs, panoches, poachers, rhamnose, romances.
	-3 letters: anchors, archons, campers, camphor, carhops, champer, chapmen, cheapos, chomper, choreas, chromas, chromes, coarsen, compare, coprahs, corneas, crampon, crepons, enamors, encamps, eparchs, hampers, hoarsen, macrons, manches, manrope, marchen, marches.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-m-n-o-p-r-s"
	+3 letters: commandership.
	+4 letters: actinomorphies, cinematographs, commanderships, encephalograms, magnetospheric, parenchymatous, pneumothoraces, rapprochements.
	+5 letters: chlorpromazines, pharmacognosies, psychometrician.
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