noun
British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
• Syn: ↑Attlee, ↑Clement Richard Attlee, ↑1st Earl Attlee
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader
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(1883–1967) a British ↑Labour politician who became Prime Minister (1945–51), defeating Winston Churchill in the 1945 election. His government introduced the ↑National Health Service, nationalized important industries such as coal, gas, electricity and railways, and gave ↑independence to India, Pakistan, Burma (now Myanmar) and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.