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jeffrey, baron amherst
Am·herst
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ərst
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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.
3.
a town in N Ohio.
4.
a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.
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Amherst
(ˈæmhɜːst)
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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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