BLAIR

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• BLAIR (noun)
  The noun BLAIR has 1 sense:

1. British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)

  Familiarity information: BLAIR used as a noun is very rare.

• BLAIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair; Blair; Tony Blair

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

 Context examples 

The word 'nicest,' as you used it, did not suit him; and you had better change it as soon as you can, or we shall be overpowered with Johnson and Blair all the rest of the way.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

How can two sermons a week, even supposing them worth hearing, supposing the preacher to have the sense to prefer Blair's to his own, do all that you speak of? govern the conduct and fashion the manners of a large congregation for the rest of the week?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)