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Shaftesbury definition

Shaftes·bury (s̸hafts′ber′ē, s̸häfts′-; -bər ē)

Shaftesbury, 1st Earl of (Anthony Ashley Cooper) 1621-83; Eng. statesman: lord chancellor (1672-73)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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