Culpeper

American

[kuhl-pep-er] / ˈkʌlˌpɛp ər /

noun

Thomas 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway, 1635–89, English colonial governor of Virginia 1680–83.

Culpeper British

/ ˈkʌlpɛpə /

noun

Nicholas. 1616–54, English herbalist and astrologer; his unauthorized translation (1649) of the College of Physicians' Pharmacopoeia and his Herbal (1653) popularized herbalism

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Then last summer, McFarland drove from his home in the northern state of Michigan to the US Library of Congress’ National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper in the southern state of Virginia.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Republican candidate Derrick Anderson and Democrat Eugene Vindman are fighting to represent Virginia's 7th district, which encompasses Fredericksburg and Culpeper in the northern part of the state.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024

On Saturday, hundreds of people, including Confederate reenactors, gathered to pay their respects to the general at a ceremony in Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper, Hill’s hometown, The Free Lance-Star reported.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2023

The remains were to be interred in a plot in Culpeper, near where he was born.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022

In Roanoke, Petersburg, Culpeper he’d asked for a town named Charlemagne.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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