Beaverbrook

[ bee-ver-brook ]

noun

1. William Maxwell Aitken, Lord 1st Baron, 1879–1964, English publisher, born in Canada.

Beaverbrook

/ ˈbiːvəˌbrʊk /

noun

1. BeaverbrookWilliam Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron18791964MBritishCanadianWRITING: newspaper proprietorPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesman 1st Baron , title of William Maxwell Aitken . 1879–1964, British newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician, born in Canada, whose newspapers included the Daily Express ; minister of information (1918); minister of aircraft production (1940–41)