Beaverbrook

[ bee-ver-brook ]

noun
  1. William Maxwell Aitken, Lord 1st Baron, 1879–1964, English publisher, born in Canada.

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Beaverbrook

/ (ˈbiːvəˌbrʊk) /


noun
  1. 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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