Marl·bor·ough or Marl·bo·ro (märl bûr  , -b r-, -b r) A city of east-central Massachusetts east-northeast of Worcester. Settled in 1657, it was nearly destroyed in 1676 during King Philip's War. Population: 38,100. |
| Marl·bor·ough (märlbr-, -br, môl-), First Duke of See John Churchill. |
Marlborough [ˈmɑːlbərə -brə ˈmɔːl-]
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(Placename) 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.: 6429 (1991)
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(Biographies / Marlborough, 1st Duke of (1650-1722) M, English, MILITARY: general) 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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