noun
United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
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Zane Grey
noun
Queen of England for nine days in 1553
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Lady Jane Grey
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- she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
noun
Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
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Charles Grey
Second Earl Grey
noun
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
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- the Confederate army was a vast grey
noun
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
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noun
clothing that is a grey color
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- he was dressed in grey
noun
horse of a light gray or whitish color
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verb
make grey
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- The painter decided to grey the sky
verb
turn grey
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- Her hair began to grey
adjective
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
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- the little grey cells
- gray flannel suit
- a man with greyish hair
adjective
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
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- whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
adjective
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
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- a stalwart grey figure
adjective
intermediate in character or position
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- a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal