(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
(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