Borden

Borden
/bawr"dn/, n.
1. Gail, 1801-74, U.S. inventor: developed technique for condensing milk.
2. Lizzie (Andrew), 1860-1927, defendant in U.S. 1893 trial: acquitted of ax murder of father and stepmother.
3. Sir Robert Laird /laird/, 1854-1937, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1911-20.

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(as used in expressions)
Borden Lizzie Andrew
Borden Sir Frederick William
Borden Sir Robert Laird

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also called  Port Borden 

      town, Prince county, southern Prince Edward Island, Canada, on Northumberland Strait. Named Carleton Point by the English surveyor Samuel Holland in 1765, it was renamed (1916) after Sir Robert Laird Borden, then the Canadian prime minister. Although a fishing port, it is economically dependent upon its role as a transportation hub. Highways and a Canadian National Railway line to Charlottetown (35 miles [56 km] east) and other provincial centres radiate from the harbour, where car ferries regularly dock, connecting the island with Cape Tormentine, N.B., 9 miles (14.5 km) south. From a point near Borden to Cape Tormentine the first submarine telegraph cable in North America was successfully laid (1851). Inc. 1919. Pop. (2006) 786.

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  • Borden — Borden, IN U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 818 Housing Units (2000): 355 Land area (2000): 1.110799 sq. miles (2.876955 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.110799 sq. miles (2.876955 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Borden, IN — U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 818 Housing Units (2000): 355 Land area (2000): 1.110799 sq. miles (2.876955 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.110799 sq. miles (2.876955 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Borden —   [bɔːdn], Sir Robert Laird, kanadischer Politiker, * Grand Pré (Nova Scotia) 26. 6. 1854, ✝ Ottawa 10. 6. 1937; 1901 20 Führer der Konservativen Partei, 1911 20 Premierminister, zunächst an der Spitze einer konservativen Regierung, ab 1917 einer …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Borden — Nom anglais désignant celui qui est originaire de Borden, localité du comté de Kent …   Noms de famille

  • Borden — (Schiffsw.), so v.w. Entern …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Borden — Borden, s. Borten …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Borden — (sir Robert Laird) (1854 1937) homme politique canadien. Premier ministre (1911 1920), il engagea son pays dans la Première Guerre mondiale (1914) et fit adopter la conscription obligatoire (1917) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Borden — [bôrd′ n] Lizzie (Andrew) [liz′ē] 1860 1927; U.S. woman accused and acquitted in a sensational trial (1893) of murdering her father & stepmother (1892) …   English World dictionary

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