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

Amherst estimates that roughly 85% of its tenants wouldn’t qualify for a mortgage because of credit constraints or other underwriting restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Companies like Amherst and Invitation Homes that buy and then rent single-family homes have become a popular scapegoat for high housing prices.

From The Wall Street Journal

Claverly, a professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, recently spoke to Salon about the problem of demolition in its current form, and the potential for a model with more community input.

From Salon

Amherst, my alma mater, had hidden the divide: We had all lived in the same dorms, studied in the same library, hung out together in the same common spaces and eaten in the same dining hall.

From The Wall Street Journal

Harvard reports roughly 21%, up more than 18 points over the past decade, with similar increases at Amherst and Brown.

From The Wall Street Journal