Wolseley

American  

[woolz-lee] / ˈwʊlz li /

noun

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

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Wolseley British  

/ ˈwʊlzlɪ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Wolseley planned to reach Gordon by ascending the Nile, but he encountered daunting cataracts along the river and then sent out a camel-mounted detachment, with Burnaby as second-in-command, in a shortcut across the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

Wolseley, a much-decorated soldier who was an advisor to Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest during the American Civil War, led the 1874 African assault; called the Sagrenti War, it was the third of five central Gold Coast wars designed to secure the mineral-rich territory for Queen Victoria.

From Los Angeles Times

Jeremy King, one of London’s prominent restaurateurs, who until recently owned the Wolseley, Fischer’s and the Delaunay, said British restaurants also had to overcome a cultural bias in the country against jobs like waiting tables.

From New York Times