Huntingdon

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/ ˈhʌntɪŋdən /

noun

1. HuntingdonSelina, Countess of Huntingdon17071791FEnglishRELIGION: religious leader Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. 1707–91, English religious leader, who founded a Calvinistic Methodist sect

Huntingdon

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/ ˈhʌntɪŋdən /

noun

1. a town in E central England, in Cambridgeshire: birthplace of Oliver Cromwell. Pop (with Godmanchester): 20 600 (2001)

Example Sentences

He was born in 1599 at Huntingdon, sixteen miles distant, and was twenty years a citizen of St. Ives, only a few miles away.

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From Huntingdon we returned to Cambridge, having completed a circular tour of about sixty miles.

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On this confession the whole family were arrested, and sent to Huntingdon Gaol.

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They have entered the merry county of Huntingdon; they have surmounted the gentle hill that slips into Godmanchester.

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"Thou hast had all the fortune," said Richard, turning to the Earl of Huntingdon with a sigh.

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