Cobbett

American  

[kob-it] / ˈkɒb ɪt /

noun

1. William Peter Porcupine, 1763–1835, English political essayist and journalist in the U.S. and England.

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Cobbett British  

/ ˈkɒbɪt /

noun

1. William. 1763–1835, English journalist and social reformer; founded The Political Register (1802); author of Rural Rides (1830)

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Example Sentences

Like Mr Cocker, who cites 19th-century radicals such as William Hazlitt and William Cobbett, its exponents tend to be left-leaning.

From Economist • Jul. 5, 2018

One of the cases that the team investigated concerned an instructor, William Cobbett, who taught at Choate from 1969 until 2010 and was also an adviser to several students and a coach.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2017

No English journalist, with the possible exception of Hazlitt or Cobbett, had been so personally driven or self-possessed.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2014

Two centuries ago, the journalist William Cobbett noticed that the Brits referred to the Royal Mint but the national debt.

From Time • Jul. 25, 2013

Instead of paying, Cobbett fled Philadelphia and then the country.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy