| douglas | (n) United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861), Syn. Stephen A. Douglas, Little Giant, Stephen Arnold Douglas |
| douglas fir | (n) strong durable timber of a douglas fir |
| douglas fir | (n) tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles |
| douglass | (n) United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895), Syn. Frederick Douglass |
