Marlborough

[ mahrl-bur-oh, -buhr-oh -bruh, mawl- ]

noun

1. John Churchill, 1st Duke of. Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
2. Marlboro ( def 1 ).

Marlborough

¹

/ ˈmɔːl-; -brə; ˈmɑːlbərə /

noun

1. a town in S England, in Wiltshire: besieged and captured by Royalists in the Civil War (1642); site of Marlborough College, a public school founded in 1843. Pop: 7713 (2001)

Marlborough

²

/ ˈmɔːl-; -brə; ˈmɑːlbərə /

noun

1. Marlborough, 1st Duke of16501722MEnglishMILITARY: general 1st Duke of. title of John Churchill. 1650–1722, English general; commander of British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), in which he won victories at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), Oudenaarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709)

Example Sentences

A decade earlier, Marlborough, Mass., passed an ordinance banning “any instrument or product designed to project a string or streamer of plastic material,” a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times

The second exhibition at The Little Gallery in Marlborough had online punters bidding tens of thousands of pounds.

From BBC

"I've had a 38-year career in the art world and I feel these are just exceptional," said Grant Ford from his gallery in Marlborough, Wiltshire.

From BBC

It is expected to be in a section of St James's Park between the Marlborough Gate, that leads to the Mall, and the small blue bridge across the pond in the middle of the historic park.

From BBC

Born in Los Angeles in 1937, the only child of film reviewer and writer Jack Moffitt, Moffitt traced her interest in extreme fashion and makeup to her high school years at the Marlborough School in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times