Trenchard

[ tren-chahrd, -cherd ]

/ ˈtrɛn tʃɑrd, -tʃərd /

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noun

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

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tremulant, tremulous, trenail, trench, trenchant, Trenchard, trench coat, trencher, trencherman, trenches, trench fever

How to use Trenchard in a sentence

While the pamphlets of Trenchard and Somers were in every hand, the Parliament met.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Meanwhile, both the disciples of Somers and the disciples of Trenchard were grumbling at Harley's resolution.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The disciples of Trenchard complained that a great principle had been shamefully given up.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Trenchard eyed the short, powerfully built man beside him, and laughed unpleasantly.
Mistress Wilding|Rafael Sabatini

Trenchard took the pipe from his lips, audibly blew out a cloud of smoke and stared at his friend.
Mistress Wilding|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for Trenchard

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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