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Old November 11th, 2011 #2314
Leonard Rouse
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Loon

1. Informal a simple-minded or stupid person
2. Northeast Scot dialect a lad
3. (Historical Terms) Archaic a person of low rank or occupation (esp in the phrase lord and loon)
[origin obscure]

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Which definition are you construing applies to Steele? He isn't simple-minded, stupid, a lad, nor is he of low rank or occupation.