Buchan
[ buhk-uhn; Scots buhkh-uhn ]
noun
John Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875–1940, Scottish novelist and historian: governor general of Canada 1935–40.
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British Dictionary definitions for Buchan
Buchan
/ (ˈbʌkən) /
noun
John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. 1875–1940, Scottish statesman, historian, and writer of adventure stories, esp The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) and Greenmantle (1916); governor general of Canada (1935–40)
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