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Rosebery

American

[rohz-buh-ree] / ˈroʊz bə ri /

noun

Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of, 1847–1929, British statesman and author: prime minister 1894–95.

Rosebery British

/ -brɪ, ˈrəʊzbərɪ /

noun

Earl of , title of Archibald Philip Primrose . 1847–1929, British Liberal statesman; prime minister (1894–95)

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Glyn School in Ewell, Merstham Park in Redhill and Rosebery School in Epsom are to take part in the pilot.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

One of his predecessors in Downing Street, Lord Rosebery, once said having a former prime minister in cabinet was "a fleeting and dangerous luxury".

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

Johnson became the first Prime Minister to lose his first vote in Parliament since the Earl of Rosebery, in 1894.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 6, 2019

The painting has never been restored and had only changed hands once before, when it was bought in 1878 by Archibald Primrose, the Earl of Rosebery, who later became a British prime minister.

From Reuters • Dec. 4, 2014

Lord Rosebery opened the door of the carriage to put in some papers, and then turned away.

From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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