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Cobden

[ kob-duhn ]

noun

  1. Richard, 1804–65, English manufacturer, merchant, economist, and statesman.


Cobden

/ ˈkɒbdən /

noun

  1. CobdenRichard18041865MBritishSOCIAL SCIENCE: economistPOLITICS: statesman Richard. 1804–65, British economist and statesman: with John Bright a leader of the successful campaign to abolish the Corn Laws (1846)
“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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Example Sentences

Cobden did the reasoning, Bright supplied the declamation, but like Demosthenes he mingled argument with appeal.

Cobden had the calmness and confidence of the political philosopher, Bright had the passion and the fervour of the popular orator.

Mr Ewart's motion was defeated, but the movement of which Cobden and Bright were the leaders continued to spread.

Bright was not violent, and Cobden said that he did his work admirably, and won golden opinions from all men.

In the autumn of 1845 Bright retained Cobden in the public career to which Cobden had invited him four years before.

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