Marlborough

American  

[mahrl-bur-oh, -buhr-oh, -bruh, mawl-] / ˈmɑrl bɜr oʊ, -bʌr oʊ, -brə, ˈmɔl- /

noun

1. John Churchill, 1st Duke of. Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

2. Marlboro.

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Marlborough ¹ British  

/ ˈmɔːl-, -brə, ˈmɑːlbərə /

noun

1. 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)

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Marlborough ² British  

/ ˈmɔːl-, -brə, ˈmɑːlbərə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The Marlborough, Mass., company continues to benefit from an increase in annual membership fees that went into effect early this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Francesca Moreno is a high school senior at Marlborough School in Los Angeles, researching Latino voting behavior under the guidance of political strategist Mike Madrid.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

That is, until she arranged a union between her daughter, Consuelo, to the Duke of Marlborough, who, like the Earl of Grantham, was broke and in great need of a woman with a fortune.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

High on the Marlborough Downs, Mike Wilkins was testing his winter barley when I met him, breaking off their ears and grinding them in a small machine to see how dry the grain is.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

In the summer of 1838, in his rented rooms on Great Marlborough Street, London, Charles Darwin drew a line down the middle of a piece of scrap paper.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman