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Balfour

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Bal·four  (blfr, -fôr, -fr), Arthur James. First Earl of Balfour. 1848-1930.
British prime minister (1902-1905) who later served as foreign secretary under David Lloyd George (1916-1919). In 1917 he promised British support for a national homeland for Jews in Palestine, provided that the rights of existing communities would be safeguarded.
Balfour [ˈbælfɔː -fə -fʊə]
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(Biographies / Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour. 1848-1930, British Conservative statesman: prime minister (1902-05); foreign secretary (1916-19)
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Noun1.BalfourBalfour - English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930)
1st Earl of Balfour, Arthur James Balfour


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MEMOIRS OF THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID BALFOUR IN THE YEAR 1751
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
When Mr Balfour replied to the allegations that the Roman Empire sank under the weight of its military obligations, he said that this was 'wholly unhistorical.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
Yet, Wordsworth's "Laodamia," and the ode of "Dion," and some sonnets, have a certain noble music; and Scott will sometimes draw a stroke like the portrait of Lord Evandale given by Balfour of Burley.
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