Beaverbrook

[ bee-ver-brook ]

noun

1. William Maxwell Aitken, Lord 1st Baron, 1879–1964, English publisher, born in Canada.

Beaverbrook

/ ˈbiːvəˌbrʊk /

noun

1. BeaverbrookWilliam Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron18791964MBritishCanadianWRITING: newspaper proprietorPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesman 1st Baron , title of William Maxwell Aitken . 1879–1964, British newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician, born in Canada, whose newspapers included the Daily Express ; minister of information (1918); minister of aircraft production (1940–41)

Example Sentences

He became chairman of The Economist and director of Lord Beaverbrook’s newspaper group, chairman of the British Merchant Banking & Securities House Association and a financial adviser to Queen Elizabeth II, who knighted him in 1989.

From New York Times

She first started working in Beaverbrooks in Chester when it opened in 1987 and after a few moves to other branches, she came back in 2006.

From BBC

Jewellers Beaverbrooks told the BBC visitor numbers and sales had spiked at its more than 60 shops.

From BBC

Anna Blackburn, managing director of jewellery chain Beaverbrooks, said footfall had increased by about 10% in its 70 High Street stores this weekend.

From BBC

Daily Express reporters hurled bricks through the window of her rented Regent's Park, London, home, the newspaper's owner, Lord Beaverbrook, would later acknowledge.

From BBC