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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

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A British leader who was the first woman to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1979 to 1990
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɑrɡərɪt ˈθætʃər/
translation icon : Margaret Thatcher
  • Many people remember Margaret Thatcher for her strong leadership style during her time as Prime Minister.
  • Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
  • British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
  • Minister Margaret Thatcher

David Brooks recently quoted Margaret Thatcher who declared quote When good has to be upheld, when evil has to be overcome, Britain will take up arms.

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Examples

  • Politically, at least, Britain could have established a much larger role in the emerging Europe if Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had chosen to fill the vacuum in EC leadership during the doldrums the continent experienced in much of the 1980s.

    Academic text (1990)

  • More than two-thirds of Britons polled recently were opposed to the Maastricht pact, and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher continues to provide a powerful voice of criticism from the House of Lords.

    Academic text (1992)

  • In keeping with Margaret Thatcher's remark that "class is a Communist concept."

    Academic text (2016)

  • The alternative vision was forcefully defined by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in her March 8, 1991, speech to the Heritage Foundation in Washington.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Lee and Dunn were received, among others, by Foreign Secretary Howe and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

    Academic text (1990)

  • As I recall, the UN IPCC gained its political position by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher back in the 1980s.

    Blog text (22)

  • Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Europe's senior statesman, was impressed.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Reagan established a particularly strong relationship with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by supporting her effort to regain control of the Falkland Islands in 1982.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The steadfast leadership of President Reagan, working alongside British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II, helped the Soviet Union understand that it could not bully the West into submission.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Gray, long considered one of Britain's foremost Tory political philosophers, advised Margaret Thatcher in her attempt to foment a neocapitalist revolution.

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

Thatcher
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A British government leader who led the United Kingdom as its first woman Prime Minister and supported conservative policies

is noted as the first woman to lead the government from 1979 to 1990

Surface Forms

Margaret Thatcher main

Morphology

Margaret + Thatcher

This is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; knowing the constituents 'Margaret' (a personal name) and 'Thatcher' (an occupational surname) does not allow a B1 learner to infer the biographical meaning that she was the UK Prime Minister. Proper names are referential and not compositionally predictable, so the MWE's meaning is not derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Margaret Thatcher was nicknamed the 'Iron Lady' after a journalist in the Soviet Union used that name because she spoke in a very firm way about the Soviet government. That strong image helps us remember she was the 'first woman' to be 'Prime Minister' of the United Kingdom.