"dowding" in the noun sense
1. Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
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