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Macpherson

[ muhk-fur-suhn ]

noun

  1. James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.


Macpherson

/ məkˈfɜːsən /

noun

  1. MacphersonJames17361796MScottishWRITING: poetWRITING: translator James. 1736–96, Scottish poet and translator. He published supposed translations of the legendary Gaelic poet Ossian, in reality largely his own work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Even Elle Macpherson, a model who would come to be known as “The Body,” faced her share of rejections early in her career: As she recalls in her new memoir, simply titled “Elle,” a prevailing attitude at the time was that “girls with brown eyes don’t get covers” of top magazines.

“It took me a long time to settle into the woman that I am today,” Macpherson says during a video interview from her home in Miami.

Her ex-husband, Gilles Bensimon, shot the contemporary image of Macpherson in jeans and a T-shirt with minimal makeup, her blond mane framing her face.

“Elle,” which was released in Australia a couple months ago, angered healthcare professionals and cancer survivors for Macpherson’s revelation in the book that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017 but chose alternative therapies to overcome it in lieu of chemotherapy.

While the backlash was off-limits during our conversation, Macpherson considers the chapters about her cancer journey and treatment for alcohol addiction to be the most revealing.

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