DECATUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Decatur mean? 

• DECATUR (noun)
  The noun DECATUR has 3 senses:

1. United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)

2. a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here

3. a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River

  Familiarity information: DECATUR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECATUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Decatur; Stephen Decatur

Instance hypernyms:

naval officer (an officer in the navy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

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

IL; Ill.; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a midwestern state in north-central United States)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

AL; Ala.; Alabama; Camellia State; Heart of Dixie (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)