Balfour

[ bal-foor, -fer ]

/ ˈbæl fʊər, -fər /

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noun

Arthur James 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848–1930, British statesman and writer: prime minister 1902–05.

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How to use Balfour in a sentence

But if he does, the almost 100-year old Balfour Declaration offers some helpful language.
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(Choosing to not use the word “the” is something of a tradition in the region—cough*Balfour*cough).
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Some of the British officials who supported the Balfour Declaration were influenced by their fantasies about global Jewish power.
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He's widely believed to have been the ghostwriter of the Balfour Declaration.
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Following the script, here on Open Zion Hussein Ibish called the Levy Report “The Anti-Balfour Declaration.”
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Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.
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Mr. Balfour was then Chief Secretary of Ireland, and it was due to him that it was passed.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Balfour Browne and Littler now conducted the warfare on either side, and keenly they fought.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
“Adventures of David Balfour,” proposed double volume of, xxv.
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I would name no unnecessary names, Mr. Balfour,” said he; “above all of Highlanders, many of whom are obnoxious to the law.
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British Dictionary definitions for Balfour

Balfour

/ (ˈbælfɔː, -fə, -fʊə) /

noun

Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour. 1848–1930, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1902–05); foreign secretary (1916–19)

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