Amherst

[ am-erst ]

noun

1. Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
2. a city in W Massachusetts.
3. a town in N Ohio.
4. a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.

Amherst

/ ˈæmhɜːst /

noun

1. AmherstJeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst17171797MBritishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst. 1717–97, British general who defeated the French in Canada (1758–60): governor general of British North America (1761–63)

Example Sentences

I spoke with Michael Rawlins, the associate director of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

From Slate

Most recently, a new national University of Massachusetts Amherst/League of Women Voters Poll found that two-thirds of Americans oppose potential national bans on abortion and IVF.

From Salon

Tatishe Nteta, provost professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, told Salon that abortion is an issue that mobilizes female voters.

From Salon

Austin Sarat, a Salon contributor and Amherst College professor of law and political science whose research focuses on the death penalty, argued that the proceedings fell short of delivering the revelations of "justices' interest in profound moral and legal questions" that are typical in Supreme Court oral argument.

From Salon

"Jefferson was alive in the early period of capitalism when its emergence from feudalism represented the economic aspect of the broad social emergence from feudalism," Dr. Richard D. Wolff, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of "The Sickness is the System," told Salon.

From Salon