Marlborough
[mahrl-bur-oh, -buhr-oh or for 1, -bruh, mawl-]
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of. Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- Marlboro(def 1).
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Contemporary Examples
One night late that summer they put him aboard the sleeper for Winnipeg, and when he got off he asked for the Marlborough Hotel.
Their three children were educated at Marlborough College, where fees are £27,000 a year.
Kate played hockey since junior school and was captain of the first XI at Marlborough College.
Kate is a fan and has played since junior school and was captain of the 1st 11 at Marlborough College.
Before buying the priory, the couple had rented a cottage nearby from the Duke of Marlborough on his Blenheim Palace estate.
Historical Examples
This was the last campaign in Flanders of the Duke of Marlborough.
The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, CompleteDuc de Saint-Simon
Marlborough and Alexander plundered countries; they were great men.
Bygone PunishmentsWilliam Andrews
Marlborough killed his thousands, and Alexander his millions.
Bygone PunishmentsWilliam Andrews
In a sunny room at the Marlborough in Broadway I have written this book.
The Land of the Long NightPaul du Chaillu
The man at Marlborough Street is the man who let you this house.
Two Sides of the FaceArthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Marlborough1
- 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)
Marlborough2
- 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)
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