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WILLIAM MAXWELL AITKEN

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• WILLIAM MAXWELL AITKEN (noun)
The noun WILLIAM MAXWELL AITKEN has 1 sense:

1. British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)

Familiarity information: WILLIAM MAXWELL AITKEN used as a noun is very rare.

• WILLIAM MAXWELL AITKEN (noun)

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Meaning:

British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

1st Baron Beaverbrook; Beaverbrook; William Maxwell Aitken

Instance hypernyms:

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

newspaper publisher; publisher (the proprietor of a newspaper)

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