Walpole

[ wawl-pohl, wol- ]

noun

1. Horace, 4th Earl of Or·ford [awr, -ferd], Horatio Walpole, 1717–97, English novelist and essayist (son of Sir Robert Walpole).
2. Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, born in New Zealand.
3. Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Or·ford [awr, -ferd], 1676–1745, British statesman: prime minister 1715–17; 1721–42.
4. a city in E Massachusetts.

Walpole

/ ˈwɔːlˌpəʊl /

noun

1. WalpoleHorace, 4th Earl of Orford17171797MBritishWRITING: writer Horace, 4th Earl of Orford. 1717–97, British writer, noted for his letters and for his delight in the Gothic, as seen in his house Strawberry Hill and his novel The Castle of Otranto (1764)
2. WalpoleSir Hugh (Seymour)18841941MBritishNew ZealandWRITING: novelist Sir Hugh ( Seymour ). 1884–1941, British novelist, born in New Zealand: best known for The Herries Chronicle (1930–33), a sequence of historical novels set in the Lake District
3. WalpoleSir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford16761745MBritishPOLITICS: statesman Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford. 1676–1745, English Whig statesman. As first lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1721–42) he was effectively Britain's first prime minister

Example Sentences

Police said skull fragments were also found in Walpole Lane in February 2024.

From BBC

An inquest at Northallerton Coroners Court heard that security guard Tony Walpole held Mr Vincent face down on the ground for 16 minutes.

From BBC

The first prime minister of Britain, Robert Walpole, went to Eton College.

From New York Times

In 1975, the biologist for New Hampshire Fish and Game released 25 turkeys from the back of his truck in Walpole, a town in the western part of the state.

From National Geographic

Byrd responded to Campion’s death musically, both in his setting of the Jesuit Henry Walpole’s “Why do I use my paper, ink, and pen?” and in the highly symbolic “Deus venerunt gentes.”

From New York Times