- Pitt
- noun1. English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)• Syn: ↑William Pitt, ↑First Earl of Chatham, ↑Pitt the Elder• Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader2. a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)• Syn: ↑George Pitt, ↑George Dibdin Pitt, ↑George Dibdin-Pitt• Instance Hypernyms: ↑dramatist, ↑playwright3. English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)• Syn: ↑William Pitt, ↑Second Earl of Chatham, ↑Pitt the Younger• Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader
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/pit/, n.1. William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708-78, British statesman.2. his son William, 1759-1806, British statesman: prime minister 1783-1801, 1804-06.* * *
I [pit]the name of two British statesmen■ William, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708 - 78); known as Pitt the Elder. As secretary of state (effectively prime minister), he headed coalition governments 1756 - 61 and 1766 - 68. He brought the Seven Years War to an end in 1763 and also masterminded the conquest of French possessions overseas■ William (1759 - 1806), prime minister 1783 - 1801 and 1804 - 6; the son of Pitt the Elder; known as Pitt the Younger. The youngest-ever prime minister, he introduced financial reforms to reduce the national debtII
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