Definition of Robert peel

1. Noun. British politician (1788-1850).

Exact synonyms: Peel, Sir Robert Peel
Generic synonyms: Pol, Political Leader, Politician, Politico

Lexicographical Neighbors of Robert Peel

Robert Lowell
Robert M. Yerkes
Robert MacGregor
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Robert Mearns Yerkes
Robert Merton
Robert Mills
Robert Mitchum
Robert Morris
Robert Motherwell
Robert Nesta Marley
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Orr
Robert Owen
Robert Peary
Robert Peel
Robert Penn Warren
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Ranke Graves
Robert Redford
Robert Robinson
Robert Schumann
Robert Scott
Robert Southey
Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Tyre Jones
Robert Van de Graaff
Robert Venturi
Robert Walpole

Literary usage of Robert peel

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

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"SIR robert peel S MINISTRY. ' ALL the world is interested in the probable ... Pretence« that Sir robert peel leaves Ireland in some extraordinary condition ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Bagehot, Walter, 'The Character of Sir robert peel' (in 'The English Constitution and other Political Essays,' New York 1903) ; Dalling, 'Sir Robert PeeP ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"THE late Sir robert peel, anxious that his public conduct in connection with certain important questions should stand right in his country's history, ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"[By far the most important authorities are: The Collection of the Speeches delivered by Sir robert peel in the House of Commons, ..."

5. The Letters of Queen Victoria, a Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence by Victoria, Arthur Christopher Benson, Reginald Baliol Brett Esher (1907)
"been graciously pleased to commit to him, Sir robert peel trusts that your Majesty ... In the interview with which your Majesty honoured Sir robert peel ..."

6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1845)
"... and Commodore Napier—Sir robert peel vindicates the Indian Government—Lord ... Lord Ellen- borough's Recall—It is firmly opposed by Sir robert peel— ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"We see Sir robert peel, like Liston in Apollo Belvi, with a hatband, scarf, ... So too will it be with Sir robert peel. No one will ever take his word again ..."

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