Marlborough

[ mahrl-bur-oh, -buhr-oh or for 1, -bruh, mawl- ]

/ ˈmɑrl bɜr oʊ, -bʌr oʊ or for 1, -brə, ˈmɔl- /

noun

John Churchill, 1st Duke of. Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

Marlboro(def 1).

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Their three children were educated at Marlborough College, where fees are £27,000 a year.

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Kate played hockey since junior school and was captain of the first XI at Marlborough College.

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Kate is a fan and has played since junior school and was captain of the 1st 11 at Marlborough College.

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Before buying the priory, the couple had rented a cottage nearby from the Duke of Marlborough on his Blenheim Palace estate.

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As a diplomatist, nobody save Marlborough had the same influence over men or was given equal freedom by his colleagues at home.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 |Various
There followed three visits to Marlborough during the four years longer that my father remained there.

Tennyson and His Friends |Various
Yet whilst Marlborough was still in power, his influence might be used to bring back his party.

Swift |Leslie Stephen
Here it was that he introduced the famous comparison of Marlborough to an Angel guiding the whirlwind.

Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) |Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is largely due to the fact that they were over-shadowed by the glory and successes of Marlborough.

Jack the Hunchback |James Otis

British Dictionary definitions for marlborough (1 of 2)

Marlborough ¹

/ (ˈmɑːlbərə, -brə, ˈmɔːl-) /

noun

a town in S England, in Wiltshire: besieged and captured by Royalists in the Civil War (1642); site of Marlborough College, a public school founded in 1843. Pop: 7713 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for marlborough (2 of 2)

Marlborough ²

/ (ˈmɑːlbərə, -brə, ˈmɔːl-) /

noun

1st Duke of. title of John Churchill. 1650–1722, English general; commander of British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), in which he won victories at Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), Oudenaarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709)

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