Cambridges

English Proper noun p the Cambridges en informal The family of the Duke of Cambridge. en Giles St. Aubyn The Royal George, 1819-1904: The Life of H.R.H. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge 8 September 1838 1963 33 “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.” en 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 5 January 1848 162–163 The Cambridges are here, the whole family, Duke and Duchess, Prince George and Princess Mary, the latter really very pretty; en w:Robert Jobson The New Royal Family: Prince George, William and Kate, The Next Generation John Blake Publishing 2014 978 1 78219 970 0 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.en Should it be moved to the singular?