Cambridges

Full definition of Cambridges

Proper noun

1. (informal) The family of the Duke of Cambridge.
• 8 September 1838, The Royal George, 1819-1904: The Life of H.R.H. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, “I then spoke with Lord Melbourne,” wrote the Queen on September 8, 1838, “about the Cambridges, and about George, and if I ought to ask him to stay, which Ma hinted at.”
• 5 January 1848, Eleanor Stanley, Twenty Years at Court: From the Correspondence of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Maid of Honour to Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria, 1842-1862, The Cambridges are here, the whole family, Duke and Duchess, Prince George and Princess Mary, the latter really very pretty; ...
• 2014, Robert Jobson, The New Royal Family: Prince George, William and Kate, The Next Generation, The first significant moment in the Cambridges’ diary was their son’s Christening on 23 October 2013.

Usage notes

Usage in the singular (e.g., the Cambridge family) is less common.