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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital of New Zealand, on an inlet of Cook Strait in extreme southern North Island. It was founded in 1840 and supplanted Auckland as capital in 1865.
  • British general and politician. Commander of British troops during the Peninsular War (1808–1814), he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo (1815), thus ending the Napoleonic Wars. As prime minister (1828–1830) he passed the Catholic Emancipation Act (1829).

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  • noun military, fashion A Wellington boot
  • noun Meat baked in a puff pastry.
  • proper noun Any of several places in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset.
  • proper noun The capital of New Zealand.
  • proper noun politics, New Zealand, slang by extension, the Government of New Zealand.
  • proper noun Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
  • proper noun A habitational surname from the places in England.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
  • noun the capital of New Zealand
  • noun British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)

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Generalization from beef Wellington

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