MacBride

[ muhk-brahyd ]

noun
  1. Seán [shawn], /ʃɔn/, 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.

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How to use MacBride in a sentence

  • He looked at Small and then he turned and looked at MacBride.

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • One day I was sitting on the porch and MacBride came out of the locker room and sat down beside me.

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • Putting that and the cleek shot together, the light broke in on me—and my first impulse was to kick Archie MacBride.

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • Once more it fell calm, and, as the Captain was walking the quarterdeck, Dr MacBride came up to him with a grave face.

    True Blue | W.H.G. Kingston
  • While I still stood in the door-way, Mrs. MacBride, whom I had not observed until then, rose from her knees beside the bed.

British Dictionary definitions for MacBride

MacBride

/ (məkˈbraɪd) /


noun
  1. Sean (ʃɔːn). 1904–88, Irish statesman; minister for external affairs (1948–51); chairman of Amnesty International (1961–75); Nobel Peace Prize 1974; UN commissioner for Namibia (1974–76)

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