Mountbatten
Proper noun
Meaning
(countable) A surname from German.
(uncountable) Ellipsis of Mountbatten Estate. A neighbourhood of Marine Parade, Singapore
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Phrases with the word
Examples
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten had spent considerable effort arguing that the project should be cancelled at once in favour of his Navy being armed with nuclear weapons, capable of pre-emptive strike.
Although his advisers favoured a gradual transfer of independence, Mountbatten decided the only way forward was a quick and orderly transfer of independence before 1947 was out.
Archie Mountbatten Windsor was christened exactly two months after he was born on July 6, last year.
But agreeing with Nehru and Mountbatten, he waited till Kashmir's monarch had acceded to India.
British leaders, especially Eden and the First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Louis Mountbatten were afraid of being labelled "murderers and baby killers", and sincerely attempted to limit Egyptian civilian deaths.