Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), (“Tony”) born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
Bonnie, born 1964, U.S. speed skater.
John, 1732–1800, U.S. jurist.
Also, Blaire. a male or female given name.
Contemporary Examples
Miliband vs. Miliband: Syria Splits the Labour Party’s Brothers Nico Hines September 8, 2013
Trapped in the ‘Marzipan Layer’: Why Women Can’t Make it to the Top Kristina Dell March 10, 2011
Tony Blair, Outcast Andrew Neil January 31, 2010
Tony Blair’s Shady Millions Mike Giglio September 25, 2011
The War Over Blair’s Memoir Peter Hoskin September 6, 2010
Historical Examples
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) Luke Tyerman
Trent’s Trust and Other Stories Bret Harte
The Haunted Room A. L. O. E.
Meadow Grass Alice Brown
The Boy Patriot Edward Sylvester Ellis
noun
Tony, full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. born 1953, British politician; leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007); prime minister (1997–2007); Middle East peace envoy from 2007
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- Blair-s-babes
plural noun (informal) (in Britain) the female Members of Parliament elected as part of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labour government in 1997
- Blair-brown-graft
blair-brown graft
- Blairism
noun Examples
- Blairite
adjective of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair noun a supporter of the modernizing policies of Tony Blair
- Blais
Marie-Claire [muh-ree-klair] /məˈriˈklɛər/ (Show IPA), born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist. Contemporary Examples Fresh Picks Eli Kirshtein February 22, 2010 Historical Examples The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various