Ashdown

/ ˈæʃdaʊn /

noun

1. AshdownPaddy1941MBritishPOLITICS: politician Paddy, Baron. real name Jeremy John Durham Ashdown . born 1941, British politician; leader of the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Social and Liberal Democrats) (1988–99); UN high representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 2002

Example Sentences

Caroline Leafe, 70, was walking in Ashdown Forest with her husband Kenneth and their dog on 25 January last year, when the pair were hit by a silver birch as it was being felled.

From BBC

Supt Ashdown said after a decade of working with the Channel 4 TV programme, "you become familiar with the camera teams and it becomes second nature to walk past and ignore them".

From BBC

Supt Steve Ashdown of Bedfordshire Police said: "Thankfully we achieved a peaceful outcome."

From BBC

Pete Ashdown, her boyfriend, said the cause was suicide.

From Seattle Times

Mr Ashdown told the AP that his partner had been sober for more than 18 months but had recently had a relapse.

From BBC