Buchan

[ buhk-uhn; Scots buhkh-uhn ]

noun
  1. John Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875–1940, Scottish novelist and historian: governor general of Canada 1935–40.

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Buchan

/ (ˈbʌkən) /


noun
  1. John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. 1875–1940, Scottish statesman, historian, and writer of adventure stories, esp The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) and Greenmantle (1916); governor general of Canada (1935–40)

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