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Wolseley

[ woolz-lee ]

noun

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


Wolseley

/ ˈwʊlzlɪ /

noun

  1. WolseleyGarnet Joseph, 1st Viscount18331913MBritishMILITARY: general 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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Example Sentences

Wolseley was quite wrong about special correspondents: they are the soldier's best friends.

Thus, a force of 1,200 men was speedily gathered together and put at the disposal of Colonel Wolseley.

Soon afterwards he was defeated by General Wolseley and the insurrection was at an end.

In the following year the revolt collapsed on the arrival of General Wolseley at this fort.

However, his chance came two years later when he went out as second in command of the 19th to join Wolseley's Nile Expedition.

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