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Pembroke
[ pem-brook -brohk ]
noun
- a town in Pembrokeshire, in southwestern Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.
- one of a variety of Welsh corgi having a short or docked tail. Compare Cardigan ( def 2 ).
- a city in southeastern Massachusetts.
Pembroke
/ ˈpɛmbrʊk /
noun
- a town in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire on Milford Haven: 11th-century castle where Henry VII was born. Pop (with Pembroke Dock): 15 890 (2001)
- the smaller variety of corgi, usually having a short tail
Word History and Origins
Origin of Pembroke1
Example Sentences
The department’s resident famous middle-aged male author and Ji-Yoon’s closest ally at Pembroke, he has been unraveling ever since his wife died a year ago.
William appears to have organized acquiescence by English lords for John, and was duly awarded when he was made Earl of Pembroke.
He is a graduate of Harvard College and of Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes scholar.
It would be long to tell of the morrow's wedding, and then of days at Pembroke before we sailed, passed all too quickly for me.
Accordingly, writing to his friends at Mr. Talton's, to acquaint them with their proceedings, they set out for Pembroke.
Many of the Earls of Pembroke were men of culture and patrons of learning.
Would my honour not have Mrs. Marble cook my dinner, and be dressed for Lady Pembroke's ball?
Mr. Pembroke was nearly twenty years older than his sister, and had never been as handsome.
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