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| 1. | Horace, 4th Earl of Or⋅ford [awr-ferd] , (Horatio Walpole ), 1717–97, English novelist and essayist (son of Sir Robert Walpole). |
| 2. | Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, born in New Zealand. |
| 3. | Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Or⋅ford [awr-ferd] , 1676–1745, British statesman: prime minister 1715–17; 1721–42. |
| 4. | a city in E Massachusetts. 18,859. |
| horatio walpole | |
noun | |
| English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797) [syn: Walpole] |