What is the origin of the name Oscar?
1: English: de-aspirated variant of Hosker in a spelling that was no doubt influenced by the 18th-century personal name (see 3 below).2: Irish and Scottish: rare shortened form of Irish Mac Oscair [...]
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ... (Volume 2)
...remains of the second sight. Mr. Macpherson, minister of Slate, said he was resolved not to believe it because it... (Aberdeen, Grampian, United Kingdom - 1778)
...remains of the second sight. Mr. Macpherson, minister of Slate, said he was resolved not to believe it because it... (Aberdeen, Grampian, United Kingdom - 1778)
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ... (Volume 2)
...his opinion of books. At Mr. Macpherson's, he commended " Whitby's Commentary," * and said, he had heard him called... (Wales, Wales, United Kingdom - 1770)
...his opinion of books. At Mr. Macpherson's, he commended " Whitby's Commentary," * and said, he had heard him called... (Wales, Wales, United Kingdom - 1770)
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ... (Volume 2)
...1 Mr. Macpherson, of Trinity College, Cambridge, observes on this passage, that Boswell was quite mistaken... (Trinity, Derbyshire, United Kingdom - 1778)
...1 Mr. Macpherson, of Trinity College, Cambridge, observes on this passage, that Boswell was quite mistaken... (Trinity, Derbyshire, United Kingdom - 1778)
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ... (Volume 2)
...certainly first written down. Let Mr. Macpherson deposit the manuscript in one of the colleges at... (Derbyshire, United Kingdom - 1796)
...certainly first written down. Let Mr. Macpherson deposit the manuscript in one of the colleges at... (Derbyshire, United Kingdom - 1796)
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ... (Volume 2)
...9 Mr. Macpherson corroborates the surmise of Boswell and 'Johnson, and says, that Dr. Macpherson was... (Derbyshire, United Kingdom - 1885)
...9 Mr. Macpherson corroborates the surmise of Boswell and 'Johnson, and says, that Dr. Macpherson was... (Derbyshire, United Kingdom - 1885)
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ... (Volume 2)
...scholar, was father of Sir John Macpherson, some time governor-generai of India.-C 1885.... (Derbyshire, United Kingdom - 1885)
...scholar, was father of Sir John Macpherson, some time governor-generai of India.-C 1885.... (Derbyshire, United Kingdom - 1885)
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What is the origin of the name Oscar?
1: English: de-aspirated variant of Hosker in a spelling that was no doubt influenced by the 18th-century personal name (see 3 below).2: Irish and Scottish: rare shortened form of Irish Mac Oscair [...]