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buchanan
/bjuˈkænən/
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What does buchanan mean?
proper noun
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from Scotland.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California.
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proper noun
- A small city, the county seat of Haralson County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa.
- A city and township in Berrien County, Michigan.
- A village in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York.
- A minor city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee.
- A town in Botetourt County, Virginia.
- A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
- A locality in the City of Maitland and City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in Victoria Daly regional council area, Northern Territory, Australia.
- A locality in Goyder regional council area, South Australia.
- A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304.
- A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipalty.
- The capital city of Grand Bassa County, Liberia, named after First Governor of Liberia Thomas Buchanan.
- A historic parish in Stirlingshire, Scotland, which included Milton of Buchanan and Buchanan Smithy.
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General Scott was sent out by President Buchanan to negotiate, which resulted in a joint occupancy of the island.
I had a special letter of introduction to him from Buchanan of Catrine, and his partner Smith of Deanstone.
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I quote Robert Buchanan, a poet who spoke for the people, and who therefore has still to be recognized by English critics.
Say answers Buchanan, that the proprietor is not a monopolist, because a monopolist "is one who does not increase the utility of the merchandise which passes through his hands."
The Earl was appointed also to keep the peace towards the celebrated George Buchanan, who had a pension out of the same Abbacy, to a similar extent, and under the like penalty.