walpole Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
    Horatio Walpole; Fourth Earl of Orford; Horace Walpole.
  2. noun Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
    Sir Robert Walpole; First Earl of Orford; Robert Walpole.

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