I. Van Bur‧en, Ab‧i‧gail /væn ˈbjʊ
ərən, ˈæbəɡeɪl/
(1918–) a US
agony aunt (=someone who gives advice to newspaper readers about their personal problems) who writes a well-known newspaper
column called
Dear Abby. Her real name is Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips. Since retiring (
retire) in 2002, her daughter has written the column.
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II. Van Buren, Martin (1782–1862) the eighth president of the US, from 1837 to 1841
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