(n) United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861), Syn. Stephen A. Douglas, Little Giant, Stephen Arnold Douglas
(n) United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895), Syn. Frederick Douglass
(n) English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997), Syn. Baron Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian
(n) English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1, 750, 000 years old (1913-1996), Syn. Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey
(n) United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964), Syn. Douglas MacArthur
(n) lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America, Syn. Tanacetum douglasii
(n) United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921), Syn. Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White
[麦克阿瑟 / 麥克阿瑟, Mài kè ā sèㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄚ ㄙㄜˋ] General Douglas Macarthur (1880-1964), US commander in chief during WW2 and in Korea; sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders in the Korean war#38450