Sinclair

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Sinclair

/sɪŋˈklɛə/ UK
/sɪŋˈklɛəɹ/ US

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Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.

proper noun Sinclaire · Sinclare · Sinclar · Saint Clair · Saint-Clair · St Clair

A Scottish surname transferred from the given name, that of a clan. In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again. Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A community in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Grundy County, Iowa.
An unincorporated village in Square Lake unorganised territory, Aroostook County, Maine.
A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, named after Sinclair Oil Corporation.
A town in Carbon County, Wyoming.

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Closest in meaning: vulcan, sockeye, visit, author, novelist, writer, journalist, muckraker, reformer, activist, campaigner, socialist, crusader, critic, commentator, reformist

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"Sinclair." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sinclair. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Sinclair. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sinclair

Chicago

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@misc{sinclair_2026,
  title = {Sinclair},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sinclair},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}