Bagehot

[ baj-uht ]

/ ˈbædʒ ət /

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noun

Walter, 1826–77, English economist, political journalist, and critic.

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How to use Bagehot in a sentence

Bagehot was writing about the marriage of the future King Edward VII to Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
Why Kate Middleton Matters|Andrew Roberts|November 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
In the main Punch's temper may be expressed, to borrow from Bagehot, as an "animated moderation."
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves
Mr. Walter Bagehot preferred Hazlitt to Lamb, reckoning the former much the greater writer.
Obiter Dicta|Augustine Birrell
And if Burke has been his study, Bagehot has been his schoolmaster.
President Wilson's Addresses|Woodrow Wilson

I quite subscribe to what you say about Mr. Bagehot's striking remark, and wish I had not quoted it.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II|Charles Darwin
They gave elegant expression to what the late Mr. Bagehot called the "literary theory" of the English Constitution.
The Critical Period of American History|John Fiske

British Dictionary definitions for Bagehot

Bagehot

/ (ˈbædʒət) /

noun

Walter . 1826–77, English economist and journalist: editor of The Economist; author of The English Constitution (1867) Physics and Politics (1872), and Lombard Street (1873)

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