1. Selkirk - Noun
2. Selkirk - Proper noun
Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
Source: WordNetAn isolated man like Alexander Selkirk might feel the benefit of a stock of provisions, tools and other means of facilitating industry, although cut off from traffic, with other men. William Stanley Jevons
A retired sculptor who lives in Selkirk, Man., has returned to his craft to construct an icy monument dedicated to the victims of a plane that was shot down in Iran earlier this month. Source: Internet
Community members gathered with family and friends at Selkirk Avenue and King Street to pay tribute to Claudette Osborne-Tyo, who has been missing since July 25, 2008. Source: Internet
By the time he was rescued, Selkirk had become adept at hunting and making use of the resources that he found on the island. Source: Internet
According to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, the South Selkirk, South Peace and North Columbia area caribou herds are in dire straits. Source: Internet
He was buried at sea.sfn When Daniel Defoe published The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719), few readers could have missed the resemblance to Selkirk. Source: Internet