Arthur william tedder
Arthur William, 1st Baron, 1890–1967, British Royal Air Force marshal and educator, born in Scotland.
noun
a machine equipped with a series of small rotating forks for tedding hay
a person who teds
noun
Arthur William, 1st Baron Tedder of Glenguin. 1890–1967, British marshal of the Royal Air Force; deputy commander under Eisenhower of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1944–45)
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