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US
/məˈkɛnzi/
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NOUN
- Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820)
- a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea
How To Use Mackenzie In A Sentence
- Cmdre Eric Lehre (ret'd) versus MGen Lewis MacKenzie (ret'd) on the subject of Canadians and NATO in Afghanistan. Welcome to 'maybe'
- General Lewis Mackenzie has impressed everyone with his authority and personal courage.
- Five minutes later he was plodding steadily ahead of his big Mackenzie hound into the peopleless barrens to the south and west. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police
- Mackenzie didn't say anything and just blushed, his cheeks burning scarlet.
- For those who know Mackenzie primarily as the author of whimsical tartan entertainments such as Whisky Galore, this bitter book comes as something of a revelation.
- You really have a lot of gall, Mackenzie, to come right up and say all these things.
- I turned, eyes watering, to see Dougal MacKenzie looming through the clouds of oakwood smoke. Sick Cycle Carousel
- The minister said he was yet to receive full details of the severance package for MacKenzie but said estimates of a payout of £500,000 were "overinflated". The Guardian World News
- The priest realized the crucial moment, felt his power tottering, opened his mouth in denunciation, but fled backward before the truculent advance, upraised fist, and flashing eyes, of Mackenzie. The Sun of the Wolf
- Then canoe and bateau answered to the swift current of the Mackenzie, and they plunged into the Great Barren Ground. In a Far Country