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Churchill

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Chur·chill  (chûrchl, chûrchhl), Caryl Born 1938.
British playwright. Her best-known work, Cloud 9 (1979), is considered a landmark of feminist and postmodern literature.
Churchill, John. First Duke of Marlborough. 1650-1722.
English general and statesman during the reigns of James II, Anne, and George I. He is considered among history's greatest military commanders.
Churchill, Mount
A peak, 4,769.6 m (15,638 ft) high, in the Wrangell Mountains of southern Alaska.
Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer 1849-1895.
British politician who led the so-called Fourth Party, a group of Conservative members of Parliament who advocated social and constitutional reform.
Churchill, Winston 1871-1947.
American writer known for his popular historical romance novels, such as Richard Carvel (1899).
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Noun1.ChurchillChurchill - English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill
2.ChurchillChurchill - British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill
3.Churchill - a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain
Manitoba - one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada
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Captain Weston was a general favourite; and when the chances of his military life had introduced him to Miss Churchill, of a great Yorkshire family, and Miss Churchill fell in love with him, nobody was surprized, except her brother and his wife, who had never seen him, and who were full of pride and importance, which the connexion would offend.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
Thou may'st remember each bright Churchill of the galaxy, and all the toasts of the Kit-cat.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
, when he was impeached for peculation, as were a great number of other honest gentlemen of those days; and Walpole Crawley was, as need scarcely be said, son of John Churchill Crawley, named after the celebrated military commander of the reign of Queen Anne.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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