thatcher

¹

[ thach-er ]

noun

1. a person who thatches.
2. a rake or other tool designed to remove thatch from a lawn.

Thatcher

²

[ thach-er ]

noun

1. Margaret (Hilda), 1925–2013, British political leader: prime minister 1979–90.

Thatcher

/ ˈθætʃə /

noun

1. ThatcherMargaret (Hilda), Baroness19252013FBritishPOLITICS: stateswomanPOLITICS: prime minister Margaret ( Hilda ), Baroness (née Roberts ). 1925–2013, British stateswoman; leader of the Conservative Party (1975–90); prime minister (1979–90)

Word History and Origins

Origin of thatcher¹

1400–50; late Middle English. See thatch, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Margaret Thatcher had served under the Heath regime as Education Secretary and witnessed the miners topple the Conservative Party.

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“What Thatcher did was destroy the working class even as a concept,” says Warchus.

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Author Hilary Mantel is under fire for writing a story about killing Margaret Thatcher.

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Next, that exact web of social safety nets was dismantled by Margaret Thatcher, along with the heavily subsidized coal industry.

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The British, led by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, won the war: the islands stayed British.

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The law backs that old Judge Thatcher up and helps him to keep me out o' my property.

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Thatcher has a fortune to use if he ever wants to try for something big in politics, which doesn't seem likely.

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Harwood grinned at the youth's naïve references to Edward Thatcher's political ambitions.

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But this was startling news—that Thatcher was measuring himself for a senatorial toga.

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He has business interests with Bassett, and Thatcher dabbles in politics just enough to give him power when he wants it.

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