Definition of Curran

1. curn [n -S] - See also: curn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curran

curnier
curniest
curns
curny
curpel
curpels
curple
curples
curr
currach
currachs
curragh
curraghs
currajong
currajongs
curran (current term)
currans
currant
currant bun
currant bush
currant jelly clot
currantlike
currants
curranty
currawong
currawongs
curred
currejong
currejongs
currencies

Literary usage of Curran

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland by James Roderick O'Flanagan (1870)
"The duel between the Attorney-General and Mr. curran was fought near Ball's ... curran fired first; and, on returning his fire, Mr. Fitz Gibbon declared ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1888)
"curran t ¡cal emoluments for bis maintenance, partly by the assistance of Mrs. Aid worth. Among his Middleton schoolfellows were his subsequent friends ..."

3. Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III. by Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1839)
"The reader of it can hardly be said not to have personally known curran and ... I had often seen curran—often heard him—often read him; but no man ever knew ..."

4. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"HENRY GRATTAN curran. (1800—1876.) HENRY G. curran was a son of TP curran, and was born about ... He was an intimate friend of his half-brother, WH curran. ..."

5. Shelley's Early Life from Original Sources: With Curious Incidents, Letters by Denis Florence MacCarthy (1872)
"Indeed it is remarkable that so few of the letters, either written by curran or addressed to him, have been published. This renders the following letter the ..."

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