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Wolseley

American  
[woolz-lee] / ˈwʊlz li /

noun

  1. Garnet Joseph, 1st Viscount, 1833–1913, British field marshal.


Wolseley British  
/ ˈwʊlzlɪ /

noun

  1. Garnet Joseph, 1st Viscount. 1833–1913, British field marshal, noted for his army reforms

"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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Wolseley, he judges, never accepted that the logistical challenges incurred by his decision to follow the Nile had doomed his campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

Buses will pick up at Wolseley Road, Saltash Road, and St Levan Road every 15 minutes, the council said.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2024

Then they’ve had this second generation — the Wolseley, the Delaunay and the Colbert — and they’re fantastic.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

I stumbled across the Wolseley by accident when it had only just opened in 2003.

From The Guardian Dec. 2, 2016

But the maps and surveys for the railway were given to the war office, and proved most useful to Lord Wolseley in his Nile expedition.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

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