Definition of Pembroke

1. Noun. The smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail.

Exact synonyms: Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Generic synonyms: Corgi, Welsh Corgi

Definition of Pembroke

1. Proper noun. A town in Pembrokeshire, Wales ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pembroke

1. a type of small table [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pembroke

Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesians
Peloponnesus
Pelops
Peltandra
Peltandra virginica
Peltier
Peltier cooling
Peltier effect
Peltiphyllum
Peltiphyllum peltatum
Pelusiac
Pelycosauria
Pema
Pemako
Pembroke (current term)
Pembroke Welsh corgi
Pembrokeshire
Pempheridae
Penang
Penang Sign Language
Penang lawyer
Penang lawyers
Pendry
Peneidae
Penelope
Peneus
Penfieldian
Penge

Literary usage of Pembroke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"cated his Principles of Human Know- About 1676 Locke and Pembroke ledge to that ... In his day Pembroke filled Montpellier, Locke's retreat for study high ..."

2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1860)
"Enters at Pembroke College, Oxford—His College Life—The " Morbid Melancholy" lurking in his Constitution gains Strength—Translates Pope's Messiah into Latin ..."

3. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... was intended.1 Proof is at hand to establish that Thorpe was under no misapprehension as to the proper appellation of the Earl of Thorpe's Pembroke, ..."

4. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Proof is at hand to establish that Thorpe was under no misapprehension as to the proper appellation of the Earl of Thorpe's Pembroke, and was incapable of ..."

5. The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell (1907)
"s to Pembroke College, Oxford—His Tutor—Latin Translation of Pope's ... He, however, went to Oxford, and was entered a commoner of Pembroke College, ..."

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