Definitions for Shaftesbury

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Shaftesbury Shaftes·bur·y

Spelling: [shafts-buh-ree, shahfts-]

IPA: /ˈʃæfts bə ri, ˈʃɑfts-/

Shaftesbury is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 916 anagrams from letters in Shaftesbury (abefhrsstuy).

Definitions for Shaftesbury

noun

1. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
2. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of, 1671–1713, English moral philosopher (grandson of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury).
3. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of, 1801–85, English philanthropist.

Examples for Shaftesbury

The flight of Shaftesbury proclaimed the triumph of the king.

If ridicule, as Shaftesbury says, be the test of truth, Joseph Hume stood the test well.

I sold him to-day to one of those shops in Shaftesbury Avenue.

You can make the excuse in the morning to visit the pharmacy in Shaftesbury Avenue.

The spring was in its full beauty when they reached Shaftesbury.

The friendship of the Earl of Shaftesbury gave Locke some political prestige.

Lady Sergeaux arrived at Shaftesbury towards the close of August.

But prisoner as Shaftesbury was, the struggle with him was not yet over.

The temper of the Commons was as bitter as Shaftesbury had hoped.

Shaftesbury met the king's defiance with as bold a defiance of his own.