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Amherst

[am-erst]

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Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.

a city in W Massachusetts. 33,229.

a town in N Ohio. 10,638.

a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 10,263.

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Amherst (ˈæmhɜːst)

—n
	Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst. 1717--97, British general who defeated the French in Canada (1758--60): governor general of British North America (1761--63)

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