Vansittart

[ van-sit-ert ]

/ vænˈsɪt ərt /

noun

Sir Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham,1881–1957, British statesman and diplomat.

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Examples from the Web for vansittart

After a moment he went to the window of Mrs. Vansittart's neat brougham.
Roden's Corner|Henry Seton Merriman
Vansittart came down to London with his young and beautiful wife.
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"I will ask Mrs. Vansittart to come out and speak to you—" she began.
The Pillar of Light|Louis Tracy
Of all the follies of a wayward life, that was immeasurably the greatest, in Mrs. Vansittart's critical scale.
The Pillar of Light|Louis Tracy

He wanted to be sure that Mrs. Vansittart loved him before he betrayed more than a half-contemptuous admiration for her.
Roden's Corner|Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for vansittart

Vansittart

/ (vænˈsɪtət) /

noun

Robert Gilbert, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham. 1881–1957, British diplomat and writer; a fierce opponent of Nazi Germany and of Communism

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