Eldon

/ (ˈɛldən) /

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noun

Earl of, title of John Scott. 1751–1838, British statesman and jurist; Lord Chancellor (1801–06, 1807–27): an inflexible opponent of parliamentary reform, Catholic emancipation, and the abolition of slavery

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Words nearby Eldon

elder stateswoman, eldest, eldest hand, El Diente Peak, ELDO, Eldon, El Dorado, ELDR, Eldred, Eldredge, eldress

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How to use Eldon in a sentence

The Chancellor, in acknowledging the condescension, intimated his ignorance of Lady Eldon's claim to such a notice.
How to be Happy Though Married|E. J. Hardy.
Neither was a full-length of Eldon finished: a fine thing, to judge from the photograph we have seen.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Eldon's victims had died a lingering death, and the persecutor had made money out of their sufferings.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen
Jeffreys was openly brutal; while Eldon covered his tyranny under the 'most accomplished indifference.'
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen

The Utilitarians saw in the dogged obstructiveness of Eldon and his like the one great obstacle to reform.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3)|Leslie Stephen