Douglas Hurd

/ ˌdʌɡləs ˈhɜːd /

noun

1. informal.
   a third-class university degree Often shortened toDouglas

Word History and Origins

Origin of Douglas Hurd¹

C20: from rhyming slang, after Douglas Hurd (born 1930), British Conservative politician

Example Sentences

The last British foreign secretary to visit the Falklands was Douglas Hurd in 1994.

From Seattle Times

MI5 had become a "constant target for public comment and scrutiny", wrote then-Home Secretary Douglas Hurd to Mrs Thatcher on 30 March 1988.

From BBC

Douglas Hurd was one of bright young things of the Conservative Party when he wrote a trilogy of novels in the late 1960s.

From BBC

The series, which was based on a novel by the Conservative politician Douglas Hurd, was considered very controversial and has never been repeated.

From BBC

A former Northern Ireland Secretary, Douglas Hurd, once derided Gerry Adams as "Mr 10%" - a sobriquet designed to emphasise that Adams only spoke for a minority of nationalists.

From BBC