Northcliffe

[ nawrth-klif ]

/ ˈnɔrθ klɪf /

noun

Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.

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Examples from the Web for northcliffe

A note is now sometimes heard here in undertone (Northcliffe strikes it)—that they don't want the Americans in the war.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II|Burton J. Hendrick
Northcliffe is becoming impossible and I must find another paper.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 27, 1920|Various
No, it has nothing to do with Mr. Asquith's triumphal procession and still less with the Northcliffe Press.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 17, 1920|Various
They don't care how much power the mob has over them, the nation, Lloyd George and Northcliffe and the police and money.
Aaron's Rod|D. H. Lawrence

She used to be the housekeeper at Northcliffe Manor, you remember.
Clover and Blue Grass|Eliza Calvert Hall

British Dictionary definitions for northcliffe

Northcliffe

/ (ˈnɔːθklɪf) /

noun

Viscount. title of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth. 1865–1922, British newspaper proprietor. With his brother, 1st Viscount Rothermere, he built up a vast chain of newspapers. He founded the Daily Mail (1896), the Daily Mirror (1903), and acquired The Times (1908)

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