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randolph henry spencer churchill

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Church⋅ill

[chur-chil, -chuhl]
–noun
1. Caryl, born 1938, English playwright and feminist theorist.
2. John, 1st Duke of Marlborough, (“Corporal John”), 1650–1722, British military commander.
3. Lord Randolph (Henry Spencer), 1849–95, British statesman (father of Winston L. S. Churchill).
4. Winston, 1871–1947, U.S. novelist.
5. Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer), 1874–1965, British statesman and author: prime minister 1940–45, 1951–55; Nobel prize for literature 1953.
6. Mount, a mountain in S Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 15,638 ft. (4766 m).
7. a river in Canada, flowing NE from E Saskatchewan through Manitoba to Hudson Bay. ab. 1000 mi. (1600 km) long.
8. Also called Churchill River. Formerly, Hamilton River. a river in SW Labrador, Newfoundland, in E Canada, flowing SE and N through Lake Melville to the Atlantic Ocean. ab. 600 mi. (965 km) long.
9. a seaport and railway terminus in NE Manitoba, on Hudson Bay at the mouth of this river. 1700.
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Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer 1849-1895.  
British politician who led the so-called Fourth Party, a group of Conservative members of Parliament who advocated social and constitutional reform.
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