Murdoch

Definition: Murdoch

Murdoch

Noun

1. United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931).

2. British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999).

"Murdoch" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sea warrior".

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

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Murdoch

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
MU	English	Murdoch University	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Murdoch

Synonyms: Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (n), Iris Murdoch (n), Keith Rupert Murdoch (n), Rupert Murdoch (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: Murdoch University (education).

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Modern Usage: Murdoch

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hello, Murdoch here 10,000 dollars? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Uh, Murdoch, what's going to happen? (The A-Team; writing credit: Marissa Garrido; Henrique Lobo)
Movie/TV Titles	Wheeler and Murdoch (1973) Inside the Murdoch Dynasty (2002)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Murdoch

Domain	Title
Books	Barefaced cheek : the apotheosis of Rupert Murdoch (reference) Imagining Characters: Conversations About Women Writers: Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Willa Cather, Iris Murdoch, and Toni Morrison (reference) Outfoxed: Marvin Davis, Barry Diller, Rupert Murdoch and the Inside Story of America's Fourth Television Network (reference) The Saint and the Artist: A Study of the Fiction of Iris Murdoch (reference) Iris: The Life of Iris Murdoch (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Murdoch

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Familiar Quotations: Murdoch

Author	Quotation
Iris Murdoch	Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
	But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.
	I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.
	All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.
	Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
	Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
	Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
	A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
	Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Spoken Usage: Murdoch

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Conan O'Brien	Murdoch would go for it because he's a betting man. That guy's crazy, Murdoch, so he'll go for it. And NBC, they'll do as I tell them. They'll do as I tell them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Murdoch

"Murdoch" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Murdoch" is used about 415 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%	415	13,635

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Murdoch

The following table summarizes the usage of "Murdoch" 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
Murdoch	Last name	2,000	7,315
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Murdoch

"Murdoch" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sea warrior".

The following table summarizes names related to "Murdoch."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Murphy	Male, Female	English	Murchadh
Murchadh	Male	Irish	N/A
Murphy	Male, Female	Irish	Murchadh
Murrough	Male	Irish	Murchadh
Murtagh	Male	Irish	Murchadh
Murchadh	Male	Scottish	N/A
Murdo	Male	Scottish	Murchadh
Murdoch	Male	Scottish	Murchadh
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Murdoch

Expressions using "Murdoch": Dame Jean Iris Murdoch ♦ Iris Murdoch ♦ Keith Rupert Murdoch ♦ Murdoch University ♦ Rupert Murdoch. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Murdoch": murdoch-bought.
	Ending with "Murdoch": anti-murdoch, Caister-murdoch, pre-murdoch.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Murdoch

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
rupert murdoch	190	mike murdoch	4
iris murdoch	84	laura murdoch	4
murdoch	62	center murdoch	4
murdoch university	57	mcmaster murdoch william	3
alexi murdoch	43	robert murdoch	3
cartoon murdoch newspaper rupert	36	dick murdoch	3
murdoch writer	16	8 from mins murdoch university	3
james murdoch	13	bill murdoch	3
booker murdoch prize winner	11	justin murdoch	3
author murdoch	11	australia murdoch university western	3
booker murdoch prize	11	murdoch wendi	3
book murdoch	10	murdoch university australia	3
lachlan murdoch	10	murdoch mackay collegiate	2
rupert murdoch biography	8	belle murdoch sebastian stuart	2
irene murdoch	6	john murdoch	2
william murdoch	6	miller murdoch	2
funeral home murdoch	6	murdoch stuart	2
david murdoch	6	mckenzie murdoch	2
murdoch uni	5	k murdoch rupert	2
magazine murdoch	5	foundation murdoch	2
law murdoch	4	alex murdoch	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Murdoch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-h-m-o-r-u"
	-2 letters: chord, duroc, humor, mohur, mouch, mucor, mucro.
	-3 letters: chum, cord, corm, crud, curd, dorm, doum, dour, drum, duro, hour, much, ouch.
	-4 letters: cod, cor, cud, cum, cur, doc, dom, dor, duh, duo, hod, hum, mho, moc, mod, mor, mud, ohm, orc, oud, our, rho, roc, rod, rom, rum, udo, urd.
	-5 letters: do, hm, ho.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-h-m-o-r-u"
	+3 letters: outcharmed, outmarched.
	+4 letters: archdukedom, thermoduric.
	+5 letters: archdukedoms.
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