Baltimore

(bôltə môr′)

Baltimore, Lord 1st Baron Baltimore (George Calvert) 1580?-1632; Eng. statesman: founder of Maryland

seaport in N Md., on an arm of Chesapeake Bay on its western shore: pop. 651,000

Origin: after Lord Baltimore

See Baltimore in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of northern Maryland on an arm of Chesapeake Bay northeast of Washington, D.C. It has been a busy port since the 18th century. Population: 631,000.

Related Forms:

  • Balˌti·morˈe·an noun

, Lord

, David Born 1938.

American microbiologist. He shared a 1975 Nobel Prize for research on the interaction of tumor viruses and genetic material.

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