Allenby

[ al-uhn-bee ]

noun
  1. Edmund Henry Hyn·man [hin-muhn], /ˈhɪn mən/, 1st Viscount, 1861–1936, British field marshal: commander of British forces in Egypt in World War I and conqueror of Jerusalem (1917).

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How to use Allenby in a sentence

  • The most critical fighting of the day in this part of the line was at Messines, on Allenby's right.

    1914 | John French, Viscount of Ypres

British Dictionary definitions for Allenby

Allenby

/ (ˈælənbɪ) /


noun
  1. Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount. 1861–1936, British field marshal who captured Palestine and Syria from the Turks in 1918; high commissioner in Egypt (1919–25)

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