Tooke

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/tʊk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tŏŏk)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Tooke (tŏŏk),USA pronunciation n. 
    (John) Horne  (hôrn),USA pronunciation 1736–1812, English politician and philologist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Tooke / tʊk/
  1. John Horne, original name John Horne. 1736–1812, British radical, who founded (1771) the Constitutional Society to press for parliamentary reform: acquitted (1794) of high treason. He also wrote the philological treatise The Diversions of Purley (1786)

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