Bagehot

[baj-uht]

noun

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

Bagehot

/ ˈbædʒət /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

The British monarchy, according to the Victorian writer Walter Bagehot, “is commonly hidden like a mystery, and sometimes paraded like a pageant.”

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The British sage Walter Bagehot wrote that monarchy runs on a magic that cannot stand the scrutiny of daylight.

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Some 150 years ago, the acclaimed constitutional writer Walter Bagehot wrote that the British monarchy needed reverence and mystery.

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As the Victorian commentator Walter Bagehot wrote of royal mystique: “We must not let in the daylight upon magic.”

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The interactions between what the 19th Century writer Walter Bagehot described as the "dignified" and "efficient" elements of a constitution - illustrated in the UK's model of governance.

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