douglass
IPA: dˈʌgɫʌs
Root Word: Douglass
noun
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic, a less common spelling of Douglas.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A city and township in Butler County, Kansas, named after founder Joseph W. Douglass.
- A neighbourhood of Memphis, Tennessee, named after Frederick Douglass.
- An unincorporated community in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- A neighbourhood in south-east Washington, D.C., also named after Frederick Douglass.
- Four townships in the United States, listed under Douglass Township.
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Examples of "douglass" in Sentences
- Douglass plays lead guitar and piano.
- Douglass represented a new kind of Negro.
- Frederick Douglass and the attention shift.
- Douglass never acknowledged this nomination.
- A link to Sara Douglass would be appropriate.
- Douglass retired in 1971 and sold the company.
- Douglass continued traveling up to Massachusetts.
- The book is the autobiography of Frederick Douglass.
- Douglass then joined the party as Schmoopy's squire.
- Douglass was not a serious candidate in contemporary terms.