MACKENZIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mackenzie mean? 

• MACKENZIE (noun)
  The noun MACKENZIE has 2 senses:

1. 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)

2. a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea

  Familiarity information: MACKENZIE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACKENZIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mackenzie; Sir Alexander Mackenzie

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Mackenzie; Mackenzie River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Mackenzie" is a part of...):

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

 Context examples 

I have been several times in the garden with Mackenzie, trying to understand, and make him understand, which of Elizabeth's plants are for Lady Russell.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

One day, not long after, he came to the edge of the forest, where a narrow stretch of open land sloped down to the Mackenzie.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

In the evening we strolled in the Casino Terrace, and heard some good music by Spohr and Mackenzie, and went to bed early.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And south across the lake they would go, ever south, till they gained the Mackenzie.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Furthermore, there was no dog like him on the Mackenzie nor the Yukon.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Mackenzie & Steinkoff, the agents of the London firm of Hapgood.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

That ship was a whaler, strayed east, far east, from the mouth of the Mackenzie, and it was lying at anchor in Coronation Gulf.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

When December was well along, Grey Beaver went on a journey up the Mackenzie.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Grey Beaver had crossed the great watershed between Mackenzie and the Yukon in the late winter, and spent the spring in hunting among the western outlying spurs of the Rockies.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Different from the Mackenzie toboggans were the Klondike sleds with runners under them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)