FREDERICKSBURG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fredericksburg mean? 

• FREDERICKSBURG (noun)
  The noun FREDERICKSBURG has 2 senses:

1. a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River

2. an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee

  Familiarity information: FREDERICKSBURG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREDERICKSBURG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Fredericksburg" is a part of...):

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Fredericksburg; Fredericksburg

Instance hypernyms:

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

Domain region:

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Holonyms ("Fredericksburg" is a part of...):

American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)