Chatham

American  

[chat-uhm] / ˈtʃæt əm /

noun

1. 1st Earl of. Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham.

2. a city in N Kent, in SE England.

3. a city in SW Ontario, in S Canada, near Lake St. Clair.

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Chatham ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃætəm /

noun

1. a town in SE England, in N Kent on the River Medway: formerly royal naval dockyard. Pop: 73 468 (2001)

2. a town in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River. Pop: 44 156 (2001)

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Chatham ² British  

/ ˈtʃætəm /

noun

1. 1st Earl of title of the elder (William) Pitt See Pitt

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Example Sentences

"The idea is to say, we can do to you what we did to Nicolas Maduro," Christopher Sabatini, senior fellow for Latin America at Chatham House told AFP.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The petrochemical industry is a pillar of the Iranian economy, generating about 25% of total nonoil export revenue, said Neil Quilliam, an energy expert at Chatham House, a think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The world appears to be at his feet, but the thrill of a lightning-fast clinical finish isn't enough for Chatham fighter.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

"They're showing a lot of resilience that we didn't perhaps expect, that the US didn't expect, when it took this on," Neil Quilliam, of Chatham House to the London-based think tank's podcast.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

This one didn’t have no benches in it to sit down on, so we were standing shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of folks from Chatham.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis