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Rosebery

American  
[rohz-buh-ree] / ˈroʊz bə ri /

noun

  1. Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl of, 1847–1929, British statesman and author: prime minister 1894–95.


Rosebery British  
/ -brɪ, ˈrəʊzbərɪ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Rosebery School previously said staff and pupils were "devastated by the sudden and unexpected death".

From BBC Dec. 21, 2024

Johnson became the first Prime Minister to lose his first vote in Parliament since the Earl of Rosebery, in 1894.

From The New Yorker Sep. 6, 2019

The inquiry at Rosebery House, in Edinburgh's Haymarket, will hear evidence from survivor groups and large care providers as well as faith-based organisations.

From BBC May 31, 2017

The painting has never been restored and had only changed hands once before, when it was bought in 1878 by Archibald Primrose, the Earl of Rosebery, who later became a British prime minister.

From Reuters Dec. 4, 2014

Lord Rosebery, however, with youth, cleverness, a delightful face, a happy character, a Rothschild wife of numberless millions to distinguish and demoralize him, wears them with such tact and bonhomie that you almost forgive him.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

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