Strachey

[ strey-chee ]

/ ˈstreɪ tʃi /

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noun

(Giles) Lyt·ton

[jahylz -lit-n], /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/, 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.

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Mr. Strachey, without abandoning the acridity of his style, exposes Florence Nightingale as a great constructor of civilization.
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Mr. Strachey completes his volume with a study of that extraordinary crank, General Gordon.
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This may well account for the geographical discrepancies referred to by Sir Edward Strachey.
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No objection being made, the resolutions offered by General Strachey at the last session of the Conference were then withdrawn.
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He accordingly sent Henry Strachey, an under official, to assist Oswald in making other arrangements.
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Strachey

/ (ˈstreɪtʃɪ) /

noun

(Giles) Lytton . 1880–1932, English biographer and critic, best known for Eminent Victorians (1918) and Queen Victoria (1921)

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