Knox
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(William) Frank(lin), 1874–1944, U.S. publisher and government official.
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Henry, 1750–1806, American Revolutionary general: 1st U.S. secretary of war 1785–94.
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John, c1510–72, Scottish religious reformer and historian.
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Philander Chase 1853–1921, U.S. lawyer and politician: secretary of state 1909–13.
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Fort. Fort Knox.
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John. ?1514–72, Scottish theologian and historian. After exile in England and on the Continent (1547–59), he returned to Scotland in 1559 and established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland (1560). His chief historical work was the History of the Reformation in Scotland (1586)
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Ronald ( Arbuthnott ). 1888–1957, British priest and author. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is noted for his translation of the Vulgate (1945–49)
Example Sentences
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Amy Knox, the former chief operating officer of Harm Reduction-SD, was charged with three felony counts of misappropriating public money and three felony counts of embezzlement.
From Los Angeles Times
He grew up in Poland and holds a master’s degree from the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard, where he was a Frank Knox Fellow.
As the work began, I kept spotting people I knew of from Cambridge—the classics scholar Dilly Knox, the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing.
From Literature
“Major Knox is on her way, Hunter,” Doc said.
From Literature
“Actually getting in there, it was like getting into Fort Knox, quite frankly,” said Steve Brass, a recent inductee.
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