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Definition of Pitt the elder

1. Noun. English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitt The Elder

Literary usage of Pitt the elder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"CHAPTER XIII GREAT BRITAIN (1756-93) (1) WILLIAM pitt the elder THE Seven Years' War, the military events of which have been recorded in other chapters of ..."

2. Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the by William Pitt, Edmund Burke, Thomas Erskine Erskine, James Mackintosh (1880)
"... SPEECH OF WILLIAM PITT, THE ELDER, (AFTERWARDS LORD CHATHAM,) IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, JANUARY 16, 1776, ON THE RIGHT TO TAX AMERICA. MR. ..."

3. Causes and Effects in American History: The Story of the Origin and by Edwin Wilson Morse (1912)
"... effectively—William Pitt, the elder, afterward the Earl of Chatham. The French barred the way to the natural expansion westward of the English colonies. ..."

4. Short History of England by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"(1) A new treaty was made with Prussia, whereby a subsidy of £670000 was to be paid to Prussia WILLIAM PITT, THE ELDER. From a painting by F. Hayder. ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"CHAPTER XIII GREAT BRITAIN (1756-93) (1) WILLIAM pitt the elder THE Seven Years' War, the military events of which have been recorded in other chapters of ..."

6. Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the by William Pitt, Edmund Burke, Thomas Erskine Erskine, James Mackintosh (1880)
"... SPEECH OF WILLIAM PITT, THE ELDER, (AFTERWARDS LORD CHATHAM,) IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, JANUARY 16, 1776, ON THE RIGHT TO TAX AMERICA. MR. ..."

7. Causes and Effects in American History: The Story of the Origin and by Edwin Wilson Morse (1912)
"... effectively—William Pitt, the elder, afterward the Earl of Chatham. The French barred the way to the natural expansion westward of the English colonies. ..."

8. Short History of England by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"(1) A new treaty was made with Prussia, whereby a subsidy of £670000 was to be paid to Prussia WILLIAM PITT, THE ELDER. From a painting by F. Hayder. ..."

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