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Date "MARLBOROUGH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Marlborough Statutes of Marlborough. Certain laws passed in the reign of Henry III., by a parliament held in Marlborough Castle. (See Malbrouk [Sen va-t'-en guerre].). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Marlborough is a town located in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,089.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Marlborough is a town located in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,009.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Marlborough is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,709.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Marlborough is a city located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 36,255.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Marlborough is a village located in St. Louis County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2,235.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Marlborough is a town located in Ulster County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 8,263.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Marlborough is one of the regions of New Zealand and is a administered as a unitary authority. Its towns include Blenheim and Picton.The Marlborough Sounds are in this region.
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Crosswords: MARLBOROUGH |
| English words defined with "MARLBOROUGH": Blenheim. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MARLBOROUGH": Anne's Great Captain, Atossa ♦ Blenheim House ♦ Campaign Wig ♦ Devil's Den ♦ Fifteen decisive Battles ♦ Malbrouk, Marlborough Dog ♦ Nine Worthies ♦ Petit Serjeantry ♦ Railways ♦ Schools, Stepney Papers ♦ William ♦ Xanthos. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Me and Marlborough (1935) Prince of Wales Leaving Marlborough House to Attend an Investure (1897) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | [Legrand Bremmer Byington] / Marlborough Studios. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Marlborough House, Atlantic City, N.J. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Horace Walpole | It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink. |
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Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | |
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| "MARLBOROUGH" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MARLBOROUGH" is used about 315 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 315 | 16,262 |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "MARLBOROUGH" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Marlborough | Last name | 130 | 55,668 |
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| Country | Name |
| Ireland | Marlborough International Plc |
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1. Marlborough, CT 2. Marlborough, MA (city, FIPS 38715) 3. Marlborough, MO (village, FIPS 46208) 4. Marlborough, NH (CDP, FIPS 45380) |
Expressions using "MARLBOROUGH": duke of Marlborough ♦ first Duke of Marlborough. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "MARLBOROUGH": marlborough-based. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "MARLBOROUGH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | мальборо (marlboro). (various references) | |
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"MARLBOROUGH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alborough, Alkborough, Barlborough, Marlboroughs, Marlbrough, walborough. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-g-h-l-m-o-o-r-r-u" | |
-3 letters: brougham, hologram. | |
-4 letters: barroom, borough, burghal, burglar, glamour, goombah, hamburg, harbour, homburg, humoral, lumbago, morular. | |
-5 letters: abloom, arbour, armour, bromal, brumal, burgoo, gambol, glamor, gooral, harbor, labour, labrum, lumbar, moolah, morula, murrha, ormolu, rhumba, robalo, rugola, umbral. | |
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