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  • proper noun A male given name, a variant of Alasdair, Scottish form of Alexander.

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Examples

  • Alistair is the eldest of the second wave of my grandchildren, Rachel's four having constituted the first wave.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • Alistair is the eldest of the second wave of my grandchildren, Rachel's four having constituted the first wave.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Jean 2009

  • Jimmy Nicholl's presence at Cowdenbeath would suggest that Queen's Park's efforts are equalled by the giants from Manchester, but one man was missed out in Alistair's question – John O'Neill, manager of Stirling Albion, also cut his playing teeth at Hampden Park, meaning the Spiders have a grand total of seven managers in positions across the English and Scottish leagues.

    Which club started the most managers on the road to football success? John Ashdown 2010

  • Buoyed by that revelation, I called Alistair and asked him to speak to Paulson about whether they were looking at capital at all.

    Beyond the Crash Gordon Brown 2010

  • "The" green levy "on motorists announced in Alistair Darling's first Budget will double car tax revenue to £4 billion but reduce vehicle emissions by less than one per cent, Treasury figures have showed."

    Green tax is more tax than green Not a sheep 2008

  • This might explain Alistair Darling's remarks about jobs in Scotland

    Archive 2008-09-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • "The" green levy "on motorists announced in Alistair Darling's first Budget will double car tax revenue to £4 billion but reduce vehicle emissions by less than one per cent, Treasury figures have showed."

    Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • I learned the deeper meaning of "point of view" in Alistair Cooke's America, and loved seeing BBC dramas re-presented on the not-always-aptly-named Masterpiece Theater.

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2004

  • I learned the deeper meaning of "point of view" in Alistair Cooke's America, and loved seeing BBC dramas re-presented on the not-always-aptly-named Masterpiece Theater.

    Archive 2004-03-28 Michael Evans 2004

  • Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Puppet on a Chain -- Alistair MacLean skip to main | skip to sidebar

    Puppet on a Chain -- Alistair MacLean Bill Crider 2007

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