Allenby

[ al-uh n-bee ]

/ ˈæl ən bi /

noun

Edmund Henry Hyn·man

[hin-muh n] /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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I felt racism on the part of the security at Allenby Bridge.
The Palestinian Artist Trapped in the West Bank: ‘Every Minute, for Me, Was Like a Knife in My Heart.’|Justin Jones|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Allenby had in reserve four battalions from the Second Corps to the west of Messines, and he now called them into the firing line.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott
Allenby sent the Scots Greys and the 3rd and 4th Hussars—all from different brigades.
The First Seven Divisions|Ernest W. Hamilton
Orders were at once sent to Allenby to make such dispositions as would effectually cover our rear and western flank.
1914|John French, Viscount of Ypres

Currents shifted and repatterned themselves inside the helmet and were fed into Allenby at the base of his skull, at the medulla.
Pleasant Journey|Richard F. Thieme
The Martians milled around us and watched Allenby and his orbits.
The Holes Around Mars|Jerome Bixby

British Dictionary definitions for allenby

Allenby

/ (ˈælənbɪ) /

noun

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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