Vansittart

American  

[van-sit-ert] / vænˈsɪt ərt /

noun

1. Sir Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham, 1881–1957, British statesman and diplomat.

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Vansittart British  

/ vænˈsɪtət /

noun

1. Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham. 1881–1957, British diplomat and writer; a fierce opponent of Nazi Germany and of Communism

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Example Sentences

Vansittart pointedly noted in his introduction that it was written by “two Englishmen who know Germany best” and that they had been, until recently, considered Germanophiles.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

Sir Robert Vansittart, the government’s chief diplomatic adviser and a fervent opponent of appeasement, commissioned Conwell-Evans and Christie to produce a report on Hitler’s intentions.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

After lunch, we descended to one of the building’s entrance lobbies, where Christian Schwochow, the director on the episode, was setting up a shot involving Dance and Rupert Vansittart, the actor who plays Cecil King.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2019

Eric Vansittart Bowater, says one of his friends, is a "self-made man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. John Vansittart Smith, F.R.S., of 147-a Gower Street, was a man whose energy of purpose and clearness of thought might have placed him in the very first rank of scientific observers.

From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir