Arbuthnot
[ ahr-buhth-nuht, ahr-buhth-not ]
/ ɑrˈbʌθ nət, ˈɑr bəθˌnɒt /
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noun
John, 1667–1735, Scottish satirist and physician: friend of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift.
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Arbuthnot
/ (ɑːˈbʌθnɒt) /
noun
John. 1667–1735, Scottish physician and satirist: author of The History of John Bull (1712) and, with others, of the Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus (1741)
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