Ure
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A family name used by some people
- proper noun
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Ure
- "I saw Doug Ure, my friend; I saw him kneeling down beside me, grabbing the guy."
- Doug Ure
- David Ure
- Ure said
Examples
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"Mr. Mister and Midge Ure were in town, playing the clubs."
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Tucker, Margaret. If Everyone Cared: Autobiography of Margaret Tucker. Sydney: Ure Smith, 1977. Print.
Academic text (2016) -
SOMETIMES ANTICIPATION CAN HEIGHTEN THE PLEAS-URE.
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"Last year, when the art critic Lachlan Ure died, I was brought in by his executor to deal with his papers."
Surface Forms
Ure main
Etymology
Ure as a family name probably comes from the river name Ure, and it was used for people who lived 'by the river', so the surname tells you about the place where a family came from.