(n) British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797), Syn. Edmund Burke
(n) French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834), Syn. Citizen Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet
(n) English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812), Syn. Edmund Malone, Edmond Malone