Shaftesbury

[ shafts-buh-ree, shahfts- ]

/ ˈʃæfts bə ri, ˈʃɑfts- /

noun

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of,1621–83, English statesman.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of,1671–1713, English moral philosopher (grandson of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury).

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of,1801–85, English philanthropist.

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Examples from the Web for shaftesbury

Francis Hutcheson gave him no small inspiration; and Hutcheson means that he was indebted to Shaftesbury.
Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham|Harold J. Laski
That telephone call came from a call office in Shaftesbury Avenue.
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley|Louis Tracy
He makes him an accomplice in the pernicious designs of the earl of Shaftesbury, one of the heroes of the philosophical party.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
The book was Shaftesbury's Characteristics, in a fine old binding, with Gribelin's etchings.
Table-Talk|William Hazlitt

Shaftesbury, now their favourite, was appointed Lord President.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for shaftesbury

Shaftesbury

/ (ˈʃɑːftsbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun

1st Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1621–83, English statesman, a major figure in the Whig opposition to Charles II

7th Earl of, title of Anthony Ashley Cooper. 1801–85, English evangelical churchman and social reformer. He promoted measures to improve conditions in mines (1842), factories (1833; 1847; 1850), and schools

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