Marlborough
[ mahrl-bur-oh, -buhr-oh or, for 1, -bruh, mawl- ]
/ ˈmɑrl bɜr oʊ, -bʌr oʊ or, for 1, -brə, ˈmɔl- /
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noun
John Churchill, 1st Duke of. Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
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British Dictionary definitions for Marlborough (1 of 2)
Marlborough1
/ (ˈmɑːlbərə, -brə, ˈmɔːl-) /
noun
a town in S England, in Wiltshire: besieged and captured by Royalists in the Civil War (1642); site of Marlborough College, a public school founded in 1843. Pop: 7713 (2001)
British Dictionary definitions for Marlborough (2 of 2)
Marlborough2
/ (ˈmɑːlbərə, -brə, ˈmɔːl-) /
noun
1st Duke of. title of John Churchill. 1650–1722, English general; commander of British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), in which he won victories at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), Oudenaarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709)
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