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Belmont

[ bel-mont ]

noun

  1. Alva Ert·skin Smith Vanderbilt [urt, -skin], 1853–1933, U.S. women's-rights activist and socialite.
  2. August, 1816–90, U.S. financier, diplomat, and horse-racing enthusiast, born in Germany.
  3. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
  4. a city in W California.


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Example Sentences

Then I worked my way through college at a mental hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Hayes has stayed in contact with that very girlfriend, Barbara Belmont, and even spoke to her a week ago.

Bettors placed over $9 million on California Chrome, the most wagered on any single horse to win the Belmont Stakes.

At Belmont, jockeys must not let their horse run too hard too early, and conserve some energy for the half-mile-long backstretch.

Finishing the Triple Crown with the Belmont is like concluding a triathlon with a marathon.

The Belmont house was closed, the still restless Helena occupying a palace in Rome at the moment.

An elderly couple lived in the "Belmont House" and did all that was necessary in the present stage of Isabel's fortunes.

In a day or so they organise again, and swoop down on some other place, such as Belmont.

Accordingly he registered at the Hotel Belmont under an alias.

Now, you go up to the rooms I have taken in the Belmont Hotel.

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