Angus — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

   Examples

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   Angus was a great enlargement of experience for me, because he illustrated how haphazardly Fate attributes names to her unoffending children. Angus McGubbin: a Scots giant, red-haired and scowling - wouldn't you think so?

   U.S. Sen. Angus King previously said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the officer opened fire after the man tried to use his vehicle as a weapon against ICE agents in Biddeford, a coastal city roughly 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Portland.

2. A surname.

3. A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996).

4. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.

5. A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

   Related words

   Aberdeen AngusAngus OgBlack AngusForfarshire

6. A black, hornless breed of beef cattle, originally from Scotland.

7. A nickname for the 0-8-8-0 locomotive configuration.

Noun

1. black hornless breed from Scotland

   Synonyms

   Aberdeen Angusblack Angus

   Broader terms

   beefbeef cattle