MacBride

[ muhk-brahyd ]

/ məkˈbraɪd /

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noun

Seán

[shawn], /ʃɔn/, 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.

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How to use MacBride in a sentence

He looked at Small and then he turned and looked at MacBride.
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan
One day I was sitting on the porch and MacBride came out of the locker room and sat down beside me.
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan
Putting that and the cleek shot together, the light broke in on me—and my first impulse was to kick Archie MacBride.
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan
Once more it fell calm, and, as the Captain was walking the quarterdeck, Dr Macbride came up to him with a grave face.
True Blue|W.H.G. Kingston

While I still stood in the door-way, Mrs. Macbride, whom I had not observed until then, rose from her knees beside the bed.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush|Susanna Moodie

British Dictionary definitions for MacBride

MacBride

/ (məkˈbraɪd) /

noun

Sean (ʃɔːn). 1904–88, Irish statesman; minister for external affairs (1948–51); chairman of Amnesty International (1961–75); Nobel Peace Prize 1974; UN commissioner for Namibia (1974–76)

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