| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bagehot, Walter |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Bage·hot |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b j  t |
| DATES: | 1826–1877 |
| British economist, social scientist, and journalist who wrote The English Constitution (1867), an analysis of the comparative powers of the branches of British government.
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