Seward
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- proper noun
- /ˈsuːərd/
- Many historians regard Seward as a visionary for his ambitious foreign policy initiatives.
- William Seward
Examples
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And this here by the fire is Secretary of State Seward.
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In 1867, Secretary of State Seward successfully negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
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Yes, I have a package for Secretary Seward.
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But Secretary of State Seward expressed a sensible concern.
Blog text (31) -
William Seward died preaching the truth.
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Seward argued that there were two systems: northern free labor and southern slavery, and that they were antagonistic.
Academic text (2017) -
This note was picked up by William Seward in his famous "Irrepressible Conflict" speech in 1858.
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He kept arguing with Lincoln for what Seward called voluntary reconstruction.
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Newspapers recorded that in 1872 the New York statesman William H. Seward left unfinished his history of his life and times.
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William Seward was a key figure in U.S. politics during the Civil War era.
Synonyms
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A United States Secretary of State who helped buy Alaska from Russia in 1867
Compounds
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A piece of land in western Alaska that sticks into the Bering Sea near the Arctic Circle
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Seward comes from old English parts like sige ('victory') or sæ ('sea') plus weard ('guardian'). So a helpful way to remember William H. Seward is to think of him as a kind of 'guardian' who looked after the country's interests, for example by securing Alaska.