| ambrose |
| ambrose | (n) (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397), Syn. St. Ambrose, Saint Ambrose |
| bierce | (n) United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914), Syn. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce, Ambrose Bierce |
| burnside | (n) United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881), Syn. A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside |
| sperry | (n) United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930), Syn. Elmer Ambrose Sperry |
| Ambrose | n. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
