Bennington

American  

[ben-ing-tuhn] / ˈbɛn ɪŋ tən /

noun

1. a town in SW Vermont: defeat of British by the Green Mountain Boys 1777.

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Bennington British  

/ ˈbɛnɪŋtən /

noun

1. a town in SW Vermont: the site of a British defeat (1777) in the War of American Independence. Pop: 15 637 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

After graduating from Bennington College in Vermont, he worked in consulting, then moved to Los Angeles to get a masters in economics at the University of Southern California.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr Bennington was employed as a full-time teacher at the college, which caters to about 1,000 students, for 12 years.

From BBC

Chester Bennington's family also criticised the band with his son, Jaime, accusing remaining members of "quietly erasing" his father's "life and legacy".

From BBC

In the living room, portraits of Willie Nelson and Hank Williams adorn the walls, alongside paint-by-numbers artworks, a cow skull and a Bennington flag he found in a Santa Fe, N.M., antique store.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s pursuing an MFA from Bennington Writing Seminars and working on an essay collection exploring shifts in self during her Saturn Return.

From Los Angeles Times