Grattan

[ grat-n ]

/ ˈgræt n /

noun

Henry,1746–1820, Irish statesman and orator.

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Example sentences from the Web for grattan

Grattan's dying advice to his son, was, 'Be always ready with the pistol!'
Pencillings by the Way|N. Parker Willis
Grattan himself never failed in loyalty to the crown and the English connexion.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4|Various
Grattan's Constitution not only is dead, but can look for no resurrection.
England's Case Against Home Rule|Albert Venn Dicey
We are proud of using the same language as Sheridan, Burke, and Grattan used.
The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

A vote of £50,000 had been passed to purchase an estate for Grattan.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844|Various

British Dictionary definitions for grattan

Grattan

/ (ˈɡrætən) /

noun

Henry. 1746–1820, Irish statesman and orator: led the movement that secured legislative independence for Ireland (1782), opposed union with England (1800), and campaigned for Catholic emancipation

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