Townshend
Americannoun
noun
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Charles, 2nd Viscount, nicknamed Turnip Townshend. 1674–1738, English politician and agriculturist
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Pete born 1945, British rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter: member of the Who from 1964 and composer of much of their material
Example Sentences
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From Britain’s Townshend Acts of 1767, which helped fuel the American Revolution, to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930, which deepened the Great Depression, tariffs have proved politically toxic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Wall panels remind us of the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act and the Boston Massacre, all seminal events that led the Colonies to eventually break away from Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Ocasek was 34—older than either Eric Clapton or Pete Townshend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Townshend says what he really needed was a hiatus.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
Townshend hurried to the railroad depot, arriving within five minutes of the shooting.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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