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Benn

/ bɛn /

noun

  1. BennAntony (Neil) Wedgwood1925MBritishPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesman Antony ( Neil ) Wedgwood , known as Tony Benn . born 1925, British Labour politician, a leading figure on the party's left wing. He renounced (1963) the title of Viscount Stansgate


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Benn, Petropoulos says, thought Hitler would be a positive force.

So if “yes” wins, the Labour Party of, oh, 2030 could make Tony Blair look like Tony Benn.

It went so well that Miss Benn was invited back for a second evening.

On the very day that the books arrived, a local friend, Miss Benn, came to dine, and the family gave a reading to her.

The cynical answer already offered by Aluf Benn in Haaretz is elections consideration.

He was succeeded by Mr. Benn, who acted exactly upon the same principle.

Lizzie sat silent, spellbound, as she listened, by the sudden evocation of Mr. Jackson Benn.

Benn and Benny represent the stem on which are formed the compounds, p. 45.

Resolution, moved by Shirley Benn, urged Government to enforce against enemy a blockade as effective as possible.

Mrs. Benn was sitting up for him, and received him with a rather sour face.

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