Wolseley
Americannoun
noun
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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 ● 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
“I thought there must be some mistake,” she said over tea at the Wolseley in London a few days before the event.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2019
The word Wolseley doesn’t pass his lips, because he knows that’s where it’ll be.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2016
General Wolseley, who is here with the Duke of Edinburgh, was presented.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
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