amherst

noun

1. Jeffrey, Baron,1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63.
2. a city in W Massachusetts.
3. a town in N Ohio.
4. a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada.

noun

1. Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst. 1717–97, British general who defeated the French in Canada (1758–60): governor general of British North America (1761–63)