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DISRAELI

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Overview

DISRAELI (noun)
  The noun DISRAELI has 1 sense:

1. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


DISRAELI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Benjamin Disraeli; Disraeli; First Earl of Beaconsfield

Instance hypernyms:

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


 Context examples 


The unexpected always happens. How well Disraeli knew life.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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