Ramsay

[ ram-zee ]

noun

1. Allan, 1686–1758, Scottish poet.
2. George. Dalhousie ( def 1 ).
3. James Andrew Broun. Dalhousie ( def 2 ).
4. Sir William, 1852–1916, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1904.

Ramsay

/ ˈræmzɪ /

noun

1. RamsayAllan?16861758MScottishWRITING: poetWRITING: editorWRITING: bookseller Allan . ?1686–1758, Scottish poet, editor, and bookseller, noted particularly for his pastoral comedy The Gentle Shepherd (1725): first person to introduce the circulating library in Scotland
2. RamsayAllan17131784MScottishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter his son, Allan 1713–84, Scottish portrait painter
3. James Andrew Broun Ramsay
   See Dalhousie
4. RamsayGordon1963MBritishCOOKERY: chef Gordon. born 1963, British chef and restaurateur; achieved a third Michelin star (2001)
5. RamsaySir William18521916MScottishSCIENCE: chemist Sir William . 1852–1916, Scottish chemist. He discovered argon (1894) with Rayleigh, isolated helium (1895), and identified neon, krypton, and xenon: Nobel prize for chemistry 1904

Ramsay

/ răm′zē /

1. British chemist who discovered the noble gases argon (with Lord Rayleigh), helium, neon, xenon, and krypton. For this work he was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize for chemistry. In 1908 his research showed that radon was also a noble gas.

Example Sentences

Baroque murders aside, and a modicum of genre clichés — an aggressive reporter, for instance, getting in our heroes’ way — it’s rooted in humans being human, and as absurd as everything is to do with Ramsay, the detectives, their families and friends live in a nicely sketched community in a well-drawn, relatively real world.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the pilots buried in St. Tighernach’s Church of Ireland cemetery is Terence Ramsay Hailstone.

From BBC

Samantha Ramsay, who has since died, was 17 when she reported Al Fayed to the Met in 1995 after he groped her in Harrods.

From BBC

During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Adrian Ramsay, Waveney Valley MP, asked when negotiations about dental contract reforms would take place so "no-one in the 21st century has to pull out their own teeth".

From BBC

In particular, a recent trend has seen people using the tool to make videos about chef Gordon Ramsay, with one such popular post seeing him skydiving while cooking spaghetti.

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