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Beaconsfield

American  
[bee-kuhnz-feeld, bek-uhnz-] / ˈbi kənzˌfild, ˈbɛk ənz- /

noun

  1. Earl of. Disraeli, Benjamin.

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


Beaconsfield 1 British  
/ ˈbɛkənzˌfiːld, ˈbiːk- /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Beaconsfield 2 British  
/ ˈbɛkənzˌfiːld, ˈbiːk- /

noun

  1. 1st Earl of . title of (Benjamin) Disraeli

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Disraeli became their leader and would twice be named prime minister before Queen Victoria elevated him to the peerage as Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Dad was buried at the foot of a slightly wonky beech tree in Beaconsfield, England, while I was at a breastfeeding support group in New York City.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2024

The 56-year-old, from Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court having been accused of not paying workers' pensions between 2020 and 2022.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024

Christopher John Rome Meyer was born in Beaconsfield, northwest of London, on Feb. 22, 1944.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

It was not because of being intoxicated by the diplomatic triumph of Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Salisbury at Berlin—which did not occur till years after—that the constituencies rejected Mr. Gladstone.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

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