Definitions

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  • proper noun A Scottish surname.

Etymologies

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From Gaelic Fear (a man), combined with còir (just, honest, good), or car (friendly), or ciar (dark grey)

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Examples

  • Believe it or not, even with a last name like "Farquhar," I find a lot of false alarms -- right name, but wrong time and place. wade2462

    FamilySearch Beta Finds Historical Records On Your Family | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Believe it or not, even with a last name like "Farquhar," I find a lot of false alarms--right name, but wrong time and place.

    FamilySearch Beta Finds Historical Records On Your Family | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • There was no intention to put "undue pressure" on athletes, but Ankrom said that seasoned competitors, such as Farquhar, had the ability and experience to do well.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • Outline drawings of Gasometer No. 8 at King's Cross, London, and the Blaenavon coal-mine in Wales are among best sellers produced by Robin Farquhar and Hannah Dipper, the designers behind the brand, People Will Always Need Plates www.peoplewillalwaysneedplates.co.uk , whose pieces range from £10 to £40.

    The Dark Side of Fine Bone China Nicole Swengley 2011

  • Frances Farquhar, in his introduction to King's "The Helmet of Mambrino," argues that King was a tragic hero, "in the sense of Aristotle‘One highly renowned and prosperous, whose misfortune is brought upon him by some error of judgment or frailty '" (p. 296).

    Passing Strange by Martha A Sandweiss: Questions 2009

  • In Australia, researchers Graham Farquhar and Michael Roderick were making more observations, and were studying the world wide reports of a decline in the pan evaporation rate (PER).

    Amarnath Amarasingam: What Is Global Dimming? Amarnath Amarasingam 2010

  • In Australia, researchers Graham Farquhar and Michael Roderick were making more observations, and were studying the world wide reports of a decline in the pan evaporation rate (PER).

    Amarnath Amarasingam: What Is Global Dimming? Amarnath Amarasingam 2010

  • "We both admire the Brutalist architecture that's almost universally hated and take pleasure depicting it using a traditional medium like a plate," Mr. Farquhar says.

    The Dark Side of Fine Bone China Nicole Swengley 2011

  • I thought of Graeme Pollock, Everton Weekes and John Farquhar Munro, but ultimately there was only one choice to complete my middle order.

    Lord Bonkers' Favourite XI: 6. L.T. Hobhouse 2009

  • • Richard Farquhar Scott, journalist, born 16 May 1914; died 11 November 2011

    Richard Scott obituary 2011

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