British Dictionary definitions for younghusband

Younghusband

noun

Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain

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Lieutenant Knowles was killed, and Colonel Younghusband was wounded.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 6)
Louis Creswicke
Younghusband is a gallant man, a type of the noblest that a people can produce.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Sven Hedin
Seize Mrs. Younghusband, and Mrs. Snuffers, and Mrs. Doubleday, all three!
Quodlibet
John P. Kennedy
He's been in Tibet; was one of Younghusband's interpreters in nineteen-four.
Caravans By Night
Harry Hervey
To-morrow the Amban himself comes to meet Colonel Younghusband.
The Unveiling of Lhasa
Edmund Candler

Younghusband

Examples from the Web for younghusband

Historical Examples

Lieutenant Knowles was killed, and Colonel Younghusband was wounded.

Younghusband is a gallant man, a type of the noblest that a people can produce.

Seize Mrs. Younghusband, and Mrs. Snuffers, and Mrs. Doubleday, all three!

He's been in Tibet; was one of Younghusband's interpreters in nineteen-four.

To-morrow the Amban himself comes to meet Colonel Younghusband.