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VETERANS DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Veterans Day mean? 

VETERANS DAY (noun)
  The noun VETERANS DAY has 1 sense:

1. a legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954play

  Familiarity information: VETERANS DAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VETERANS DAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Armistice Day; November 11; Veterans' Day; Veterans Day

Hypernyms ("Veterans Day" is a kind of...):

legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)

Holonyms ("Veterans Day" is a part of...):

Nov; November (the month following October and preceding December)


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