BATTLE OF BOYNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Boyne mean? 

• BATTLE OF BOYNE (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF BOYNE has 1 sense:

1. a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF BOYNE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF BOYNE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Boyne; Boyne

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Holonyms ("battle of Boyne" is a part of...):

War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg (an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697))