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  • 101Great Mogul — 1. the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber. 2. (l.c.) an important or distinguished person. * * * …

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  • 102Nob Hill, San Francisco — This article is about the area. For the film Nob Hill, see Nob Hill (1945 film). For the site of Nikola Tesla s laboratory, see Knob Hill. Nob Hill   Neighborhood of San Francisco   …

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  • 103Innerwick —    INNERWICK, a parish, in the county of Haddington, 4 miles (S. E. by S.) from Dunbar; containing, with the hamlet of Skateraw, and village of Thorntonloch, 961 inhabitants, of whom 144 are in the village of Innerwick. This place, of which the… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 104Larbert —    LARBERT, a parish, ecclesiastically united to the parish of Dunipace, in the county of Stirling; containing, with the villages of West Carron, Kinnaird, Stenhouse Muir, and part of the village of Carronshore, 4404 inhabitants, of whom 487 are… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 105dean — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A distinguished person] Syn. doyen, doyenne, senior member, innovator, authority; see also leader 2 . 2. [A high ecclesiastical official] Syn. churchman, ecclesiastic, dignitary; see minister 1 . 3. [A collegiate or… …

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  • 106Gladstone —    , GLADSTONE BAG    William Ewart Gladstone (1809 1898), born in Liverpool, England, spent his entire adult life in government service, serving as prime minister four times. He was undoubtedly the greatest British statesman of the nineteenth… …

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  • 107distinction — sb. == distinguished person. Alys. 112 …

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  • 108catafalque —    (KAH tah fahlk) [French, from Italian] A platform that supports the coffin of a distinguished person during a funeral, or one mounted on a carriage on which the coffin is drawn in a funeral procession …

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  • 109eminence — [ ɛmɪnəns] noun 1》 acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere. 2》 an important or distinguished person.     ↘(His/Your Eminence) a title given to a Roman Catholic cardinal. 3》 literary a piece of rising ground. 4》 Anatomy a slight… …

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  • 110magnificence — noun 1》 the quality of being magnificent. 2》 (His/Your etc. Magnificence) chiefly historical a title or form of address for a monarch or other distinguished person …

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