ALL meanings of amherst
Am·herst
A a - noun amherst Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst. 1717–97, British general who defeated the French in Canada (1758–60): governor general of British North America (1761–63) 3
- noun amherst Baron Jeffrey1717-97; Eng. general: led Brit. forces that won control of Canada 3
- noun amherst Jeffrey, Baron, 1717–97, British field marshal: governor general of British North America 1760–63. 1
- noun amherst a city in W Massachusetts. 1
- noun amherst a town in N Ohio. 1
- noun amherst a town in central Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 1