Rosebery

[ rohz-buh-ree ]

noun

Archibald Philip Primrose [prim-rohz], /ˈprɪmˌroʊz/, 5th Earl of, 1847–1929, British statesman and author: prime minister 1894–95.

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How to use Rosebery in a sentence

Mark the sequel: Not long afterwards, I was at a reception in the Rosebery Room of the House of Lords.
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The first of note among the ancestors of the Earl of Rosebery was of the honest guild of the girdlesmiths of the burgh.
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He was standing by the little harbour at the Villa Rosebery, looking across the bay to Capri on a warm summer evening.
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Didn't even mention Rosebery, unless he meant to include him in condemnation of "financiers and other disreputable persons."
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We went into camp at Rosebery Park, Sydney, which is a racecourse.
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But what distresses me most is the way some of our fellows talk about Rosebery.
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British Dictionary definitions for Rosebery

Rosebery

/ (ˈrəʊzbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun

Earl of, title of Archibald Philip Primrose . 1847–1929, British Liberal statesman; prime minister (1894–95)

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