noun
English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947)
• Syn: ↑Baldwin, ↑1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader
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(1867–1947) a British Conservative politician who was ↑Prime Minister three times in the 1920s and 1930s. His government created a law that defeated the ↑General Strike of 1926. He also dealt skilfully with the difficult matter of the ↑abdication of King ↑Edward VIII. He was made an ↑earl in 1937.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.