GRIERSON

Meaning of GRIERSON in English

Grierson BrE AmE ˈɡrɪəs ə n AmE \ ˈɡrɪ ə rs ə n

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GRIERSON, SIR GEORGE ABRAHAM — born Jan. 7, 1851, County Dublin, Ire. died March 9, 1941, Camberley, Surrey, Eng. Anglo-Irish civil servant and linguist. While …
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GRIERSON, SIR GEORGE ABRAHAM — born Jan. 7, 1851, Glenageary, County Dublin, Ire. died March 9, 1941, Camberley, Surrey, Eng. Irish linguistic language scholar and …
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GRIERSON, JOHN — born April 26, 1898, Kilmadock, Stirlingshire, Scot. died Feb. 19, 1972, Bath, Somerset, Eng. founder of the British documentary-film movement …
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GRIERSON, SIR GEORGE ABRAHAM — born Jan. 7, 1851, County Dublin, Ire. died March 9, 1941, Camberley, Surrey, Eng. Anglo-Irish civil servant and linguist. While …
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NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA (NFB) — Canadian department of film production. It was established in 1939 and directed by John Grierson (1898–1972), who developed the studio …
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GEORGE
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ABRAHAM — I flourished early 2nd millennium BC First of the Hebrew Judaism , Christianity , and Islam . Genesis tells how …
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SUPER — I. ˈsüpə(r) noun ( -s ) 1. [short for supernumerary, superintendent, supervisor ] a. : supernumerary ; especially : a …
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OVERSEE — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: Middle English overseen, from Old English ofersēon, from ofer, adverb, over + sēon to see transitive verb …
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INFER — R ə̇nˈfər, + vowel -fər.; -R -fə̄, + suffixal vowel -fər. also -fə̄r, + vowel in a following word -fər. …
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EPIDEICTIC — |epə|dīktik adjective Etymology: Greek epideiktikos, from (assumed) Greek epideiktos (verbal of Greek epideiknynai to exhibit, show off, display, from epi- …
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DOCUMENTARY FILM
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SINO-TIBETAN LANGUAGES — group of languages that includes both the Chinese and the Tibeto-Burman languages. In terms of numbers of speakers, they comprise …
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SCOTT, SIR WALTER, 1ST BARONET — born Aug. 15, 1771, Edinburgh died Sept. 21, 1832, Abbotsford, Roxburgh, Scot. Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who is …
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PIUS II — born Oct. 18, 1405, Corsignano [now Pienza], Republic of Siena died Aug. 14/15, 1464, Ancona, Papal States original name Enea …
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METAPHYSICAL POET
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ISTANBUL — Turkish Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, ancient Byzantium largest city and seaport in Turkey. Strategically situated on a hilly triangular peninsula at …
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FLAHERTY, ROBERT (JOSEPH) — born Feb. 16, 1884, Iron Mountain, Mich., U.S. died July 23, 1951, Dummerston, Vt. U.S. explorer and filmmaker, called the …
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ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE
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CAVALCANTI, ALBERTO — born Feb. 6, 1897, Rio de Janeiro died Aug. 23, 1982, Paris original name Alberto de Almeida-Cavalcanti Brazilian-born director-producer, screenwriter, …
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BACON, FRANCIS, VISCOUNT SAINT ALBAN , BARON OF VERULAM
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INDO-ARYAN LANGUAGES — or Indic languages Major subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. Indo-Aryan languages are spoken by more …
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