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osborn

/ˈɔzˌbɔɹn/

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What does osborn mean?

proper noun

  1. An English surname transferred from the given name.

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/ˈɔzˌbɔɹn/

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For Schaff, see his Through Bible Lands, especially chapter xxix; see also Rev. H. S. Osborn, M. A., The Holy Land, pp.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
Similar evolutionist statements are to be found in the works of the other "philosophers," to whom Prof. Osborn refers, who were, indeed, more scientific than the naturalists of their day.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
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Two friends alone of all I had made stood by me without qualification--Miss Foot and Clara Osborn, the latter my "chum" at Big Rapids and a dweller in my heart to this day.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
I am not patriot enough to deny but that there are captains and admirals whose glory would have little charms for me; but Osborn was a steady friend of murdered Byng!
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
It is the very way Professor Osborn and I built the colossal skeleton brontosaur that stands fifty-seven feet long and sixteen feet high in the Natural History Museum, the awe and admiration of all the world, the stateliest skeleton that exists on the planet.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70