Beaconsfield

[ bee-kuh nz-feeld, bek-uh nz- ]

/ ˈbi kənzˌfild, ˈbɛk ənz- /

noun

Earl of. Disraeli, Benjamin.

a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.

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Examples from the Web for beaconsfield

But the novels of the Earl of Beaconsfield have little value beyond their reflection of his dreams and his ambition.
A History of English Prose Fiction|Bayard Tuckerman
It is easy to imagine the agitating effect of such a correspondence upon Beaconsfield.
Queen Victoria|Lytton Strachey
So the time wore on until, in the spring of 1880, the fall of the Beaconsfield Ministry brought about a new political situation.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)|John Holland Rose
The Beaconsfield Sanatorium continued to be the chief object of Boer solicitude.
The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan

Beaconsfield looked back into the past and sought to "resume the thread of our ancient empire."
Queen Victoria|E. Gordon Browne

British Dictionary definitions for beaconsfield (1 of 2)

Beaconsfield

/ (ˈbɛkənzˌfiːld, ˈbiːk-) /

noun

a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for beaconsfield (2 of 2)

Beaconsfield

/ (ˈbɛkənzˌfiːld, ˈbiːk-) /

noun

1st Earl of .title of (Benjamin) Disraeli

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