Grattan

[ grat-n ]

/ ˈgræt n /

noun

Henry,1746–1820, Irish statesman and orator.

Example sentences from the Web for grattan

Grattan's dying advice to his son, was, 'Be always ready with the pistol!'

Pencillings by the Way |N. Parker Willis
Grattan himself never failed in loyalty to the crown and the English connexion.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 |Various
Grattan's Constitution not only is dead, but can look for no resurrection.

England's Case Against Home Rule |Albert Venn Dicey
We are proud of using the same language as Sheridan, Burke, and Grattan used.

The Glories of Ireland |Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

A vote of £50,000 had been passed to purchase an estate for Grattan.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for grattan

Grattan

/ (ˈɡrætən) /

noun

Henry. 1746–1820, Irish statesman and orator: led the movement that secured legislative independence for Ireland (1782), opposed union with England (1800), and campaigned for Catholic emancipation

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