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Noun: William Henry Beveridge
  1. British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)
    - William Beveridge, Beveridge, First Baron Beveridge

Type of: economic expert, economist

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