william henry seward

1. 1.

   United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872)

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Questions about william henry seward

What does william henry seward mean?

william henry seward means "United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872)".

What is another word for william henry seward?

Close synonyms include Seward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is william henry seward a common word?

william henry seward is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.