Wilberforce

[ wil-ber-fawrs, -fohrs ]

/ ˈwɪl bərˌfɔrs, -ˌfoʊrs /

noun

William,1759–1833, British statesman, philanthropist, and writer.

Example sentences from the Web for wilberforce

People like Wilberforce who persisted for years because of his faith and because of his love for people.

What Plantation Is Jim DeMint Living On? |Michael Tomasky |April 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Invoking Wilberforce allows conservatives like DeMint to pretend that he, not Calhoun, is their moral lodestar and inspiration.

What Plantation Is Jim DeMint Living On? |Michael Tomasky |April 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Neither Mr. Wilberforce, nor my uncle Babington, come up to him in this respect.

Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay |George Otto Trevelyan
"That might be quite enough to set you going," said Mrs. Wilberforce.

A Country Gentleman and his Family |Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

It was "twenty years before Wilberforce took the first step in England against the slave-trade."

Quaker Hill |Warren H. Wilson
Hearing the groans, Wilberforce Chaster sat up in bed and listened.

Joe The Hotel Boy |Horatio Alger Jr.
At his house she met many persons, distinguished for literature and piety, among whom were Sumner, Babington and Wilberforce.

Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons |Arabella W. Stuart

British Dictionary definitions for wilberforce

Wilberforce

/ (ˈwɪlbəˌfɔːs) /

noun

Samuel. 1805–73, British Anglican churchman; bishop of Oxford (1845–69) and Winchester (1869–73)

his father, William. 1759–1833, British politician and philanthropist, whose efforts secured the abolition of the slave trade (1807) and of slavery (1833) in the British Empire

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