Wellesley

[ welz-lee ]

noun

1. Arthur. Wellington, 1st Duke of.
2. his brother Robert Col·ley [kol, -ee], 1st Marquis, 1760–1842, British statesman and administrator, born in Ireland: governor general of India 1797–1805.
3. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

Wellesley

/ ˈwɛlzlɪ /

noun

1. Arthur. See (1st Duke of) Wellington 2
2. WellesleyRichard Colley, Marquis Wellesley17601842MBritishPOLITICS: administrator his brother, Richard Colley, Marquis Wellesley. 1760–1842, British administrator. As governor general of Bengal (1797–1805) he consolidated British power in India

Example Sentences

Dr Chipo Dendere, an assistant professor in Africana studies at Wellesley College in the US, argues that the necessity of "black tax" is rooted in colonialism.

From BBC

But Scheer’s framing, in which a flock of comic and undermining kibitzers descends for the wedding on Marina’s new estate in Wellesley, Mass., is too lightweight to support much content.

From New York Times

The plane landed on the freeway between Wellesley milepost 161 and Freya Street, Patrol said on the social media platform X shortly after 1:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times

Lanes in both directions are closed between Wellesley and Freya, according to the Washington Department of Transportation.

From Seattle Times

Karamlou and Oliver are joined by Research Scientist Jeff Grover, postdoc Ilan Rosen, and others in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and of Physics at MIT, at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and at Wellesley College and the University of Maryland.

From Science Daily