Marr

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A small village and civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5105).
  3. 3
    A committee area in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.

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"It wasn’t just Morrissey who sat down to talk about the band he fronted, The Smiths. His co-writer and guitarist Johnny Marr took part, too — along with drummer Andy Rourke. But, it seems the lead singer had a different memory of things."

Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar). * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 馬 /马 (mǎ), see Ma.

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