Amherst

American  

[am-erst] / ˈæm ərst /

noun

1. Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.

2. a city in W Massachusetts.

3. a town in N Ohio.

4. a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.

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Amherst British  

/ ˈæmhɜːst /

noun

1. Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst. 1717–97, British general who defeated the French in Canada (1758–60): governor general of British North America (1761–63)

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Example Sentences

“What is left of Chavismo? Everything,” said Javier Corrales, a political science professor at Amherst College.

From Los Angeles Times

The approach might be called “nation-coaching” rather than nation-building, said Javier Corrales, a political scientist whose research at Amherst College has focused on democracy and Latin America.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I have never seen a speech destroy the image of a movement more quickly than that,” said Javier Corrales, an Amherst College scholar who has written books on Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal

Machado’s best hope might be the most perilous one: returning home to drum up pressure that would demonstrate her support among Venezuelans, said Corrales, the Amherst College scholar.

From The Wall Street Journal

Less than a month before he was gunned down in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy gave a memorable speech — the last major one of his life — at Amherst College.

From Salon