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  • proper noun an area of Cambridge, England

Etymologies

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From Old English eorþ and burh (in the form of byrig), literally translating as "earth encampment", probably meaning "earthworks".

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Examples

  • Arbury said a fight for other social changes – such as allowing gays to marry and easing obstacles they face in adopting and raising children – still lies ahead, however.

    DADT Repeal Vote Met With Celebration In Gay Community AP 2010

  • Arbury said a fight for other social changes – such as allowing gays to marry and easing obstacles they face in adopting and raising children – still lies ahead, however.

    DADT Repeal Vote Met With Celebration In Gay Community AP 2010

  • However, the country gentlemen were already there before him, witness the gothic confections of Arbury and Shobdon.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • However, the country gentlemen were already there before him, witness the gothic confections of Arbury and Shobdon.

    MEDIEVALISM by Michael Alexander Yale 2007

  • The nuns had of course disappeared and long since been forgotten, but other women had risen to take their places in the minds and memories of the people of Nuneaton, foremost amongst whom was Mary Ann Evans, who was born about the year 1820 at the South Farm, Arbury, whither her father, belonging to the Newdegate family, had removed from Derbyshire to take charge of some property in Warwickshire.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • MARY ANN (or Marian) EVANS was born at Arbury farm in the parish of Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, England, on November 22, 1819.

    Biographical Note 1917

  • Lady Newdegate states that two well-preserved portraits of Mary Fitton remain at Arbury, and that they reveal a lady of fair complexion with brown hair and grey eyes.

    A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

  • Smaller, local owners once dominated the market, said Jim Arbury of the National Multi Housing Council.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Arbury said a fight for other social changes - such as allowing gays to marry and easing obstacles they face in adopting and raising children - still lies ahead, however.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Arbury said a fight for other social changes - such as allowing gays to marry and easing obstacles they face in adopting and raising children - still lies ahead, however.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

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