Wolseley

American

[woolz-lee] / ˈwʊlz li /

noun

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

Wolseley British

/ ˈwʊlzlɪ /

noun

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

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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

The Wolseley is the restaurant that I could eat in for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the rest of my life and be content.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

I'm standing on Wolseley Road, one of the main routes through Plymouth and it is currently closed in both directions around Henderson Place with traffic being diverted.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2021

Clock Cafe, high up above the city, is cheaper and quirkier – run by a Yorkshireman who used to be a maître d’ at the Wolseley.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2019

My acquaintance with Lord Wolseley began in 1888, and I owed it to a common friend whom I never cease to deplore, the ever-ingenious Andrew Lang.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

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