LANSDOWNE


Meaning of LANSDOWNE in English

/lanz"down/ , n.

1. Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice , /pet"ee fits mawr"is, -mor"-/ , 5th Marquis of , 1845-1927, British statesman: viceroy of India 1888-94, foreign secretary 1900-05.

2. William Petty Fitzmaurice /fits mawr"is, -mor"-/ , 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquis of , 1737-1805, British statesman: prime minister 1782-83.

3. a city in SE Pennsylvania. 11,891.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .