MACLEAN


Meaning of MACLEAN in English

MacLean, Don ‧ ald /ˈdɒn ə ld $ ˈdɑː-/ BrE AmE

(1913–83) a British man who had an important job in the Foreign Office, but was at the same time secretly working as a ↑ spy for the former Soviet Union. In 1951 he escaped to Russia with another British spy, Guy ↑ Burgess , and the names ‘Burgess and Maclean’ are often remembered together. ⇨ ↑ Blunt, Anthony , ↑ Philby, Kim

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