beaver-brook

Bea·ver·brook

[bee-ver-brook]
noun
William Maxwell Aitken, Lord ( 1st Baron ) 1879–1964, English publisher, born in Canada.
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Beaverbrook (ˈbiːvəˌbrʊk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1st Baron, title of William Maxwell Aitken. 1879--1964, British newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician, born in Canada, whose newspapers included the Daily Express; minister of information (1918); minister of aircraft production (1940--41)

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