Nicolson

Nicolson
/nik"euhl seuhn/, n.
1. Sir Harold George, 1886-1968, English diplomat, biographer, and journalist (husband of Victoria Mary Sackville-West).
2. Marjorie Hope, born 1894, U.S. scholar, educator, and author.

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