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Trenchard

[ tren-chahrd, -cherd ]
/ ˈtrɛn tʃɑrd, -tʃərd /

noun

Hugh Montague, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British Royal Air Force marshal.

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Words nearby Trenchard

tremulant, tremulous, trenail, trench, trenchant, Trenchard, trench coat, trencher, trencherman, trenches, trench fever
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Trenchard
/ (ˈtrɛntʃɑːd) /

noun

Hugh Montague, 1st Viscount. 1873–1956, British air marshal, who as chief of air staff (1918, 1919–27) and marshal of the RAF (1927–29) established the RAF as a fully independent service. As commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1931–35) he founded the police college at Hendon
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