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Cambridges

Cambridges proper noun: the family of the Duke of Cambridge.

Proper noun

the Cambridges pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) The family of the Duke of Cambridge.
    • “I then spoke with Lord Melbourne,” wrote the Queen on September 8, 1838, “about the Cambridges, and about George, and if I ought to ask him to stay, which Ma hinted at.”1838 September 8, Giles St. Aubyn, editor, The Royal George, 1819-1904: The Life of H.R.H. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, published 1963, page 33
    • The Cambridges are here, the whole family, Duke and Duchess, Prince George and Princess Mary, the latter really very pretty; […]1848 January 5, Eleanor Stanley, Twenty Years at Court: From the Correspondence of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Maid of Honour to Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria, 1842-1862, pages 162–163

Questions about Cambridges

What does Cambridges mean?
Cambridges means the family of the Duke of Cambridge.
What part of speech is Cambridges?
Cambridges is a proper noun.

Words near Cambridges in the dictionary

  1. Cambridge Gardens
  2. Cambridge Park
  3. Cambridge Plateau
  4. Cambridge roller
  5. Cambridge rollers
  6. Cambridges
  7. Cambridgeshire
  8. Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
  9. Cambrige
  10. cambro
  11. Cambro-

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