| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Buchan, Sir John. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Buch·an |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b k  n, b - |
| DATES: | 1875–1940 |
| TITLE: | First Baron Tweedsmuir |
| Scottish writer and government official who was governor-general of Canada (1935–1940) but is best known for his adventure novels, such as The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915).
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