Northcliffe

[ nawrth-klif ]

/ ˈnɔrθ klɪf /

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noun

Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.

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How to use Northcliffe in a sentence

Miss Northcliffe had plainly shown her preference for him, and he was in love with her.
Remarkable Rogues|Charles Kingston
Sent for Northcliffe and told him that unless my articles are treated with more respect I cannot go on and the War will be lost.
Punch or the London Charivari, October 20, 1920|Various
I regard Lord Northcliffe less as an entity than as a symptom.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II|Burton J. Hendrick
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

One day Northcliffe sent the military expert of the Times (which he owns) to France to investigate conditions.
The War After the War|Isaac Frederick Marcosson

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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