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Am⋅herst

  [am-erst]
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–noun
1. Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
2. a city in W Massachusetts. 33,229.
3. a town in N Ohio. 10,638.
4. a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 10,263.
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Am·herst   (ām'ərst, -hərst)   

  1. A town of western Massachusetts northeast of Northampton. Amherst College (established 1821) and the main campus of the University of Massachusetts (1863) are here. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst and lived in the town her entire life. Population: 34,000.

  2. A town of western New York, a suburb of Buffalo. Population: 117,000.

Am·herst   (ām'ərst)   
British general active in North America during the French and Indian War. He seized Forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1759 and captured Montreal in 1760.
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