SUTHERLAND

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• SUTHERLAND (noun)
  The noun SUTHERLAND has 1 sense:

1. Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)

  Familiarity information: SUTHERLAND used as a noun is very rare.

• SUTHERLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dame Joan Sutherland; Joan Sutherland; Sutherland

Instance hypernyms:

soprano (a female singer)

 Context examples 

You allude to my attempt to recover the Irene Adler papers, to the singular case of Miss Mary Sutherland, and to the adventure of the man with the twisted lip.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss Sutherland?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Again a startled look came over the somewhat vacuous face of Miss Mary Sutherland.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A flush stole over Miss Sutherland’s face, and she picked nervously at the fringe of her jacket.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The small matter in which I endeavoured to help the King of Bohemia, the singular experience of Miss Mary Sutherland, the problem connected with the man with the twisted lip, and the incident of the noble bachelor, were all matters which are outside the pale of the law.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And Miss Sutherland?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

James Windibank wished Miss Sutherland to be so bound to Hosmer Angel, and so uncertain as to his fate, that for ten years to come, at any rate, she would not listen to another man.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he spoke there was a tap at the door, and the boy in buttons entered to announce Miss Mary Sutherland, while the lady herself loomed behind his small black figure like a full-sailed merchant-man behind a tiny pilot boat.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)