Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun walpole
2 senses of walpole
Sense 1
Walpole, Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford -- (English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797))
INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
INSTANCE OF=> historian, historiographer -- (a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it)
Sense 2
Walpole, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford -- (Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745))
INSTANCE OF=> statesman, solon, national leader -- (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)