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double-eagle

double-eagle is the alternative form of double eagle.

Meaning of double eagle

Noun

double eagle (plural double eagles)

  1. (US) A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.
  2. Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par-five hole.
  3. A representation of an eagle with two heads, as in the heraldic arms of Russia and Austria and in iconography from Antiquity onward (especially in the Roman Empire).
    • When a legion pitched its camp, the eagle was placed in its centre; and if it happened that two legions encamped together, they erected upon the limits of the two camps a double eagle, with heads and wings opposed.1865, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 294

Forms of double-eagle

pluraldouble-eagles

Questions about double-eagle

What is double-eagle the alternative form of?
Double-eagle is the alternative form of double eagle.

Words near double-eagle in the dictionary

  1. double-double-doubles
  2. double-doubles
  3. double-down
  4. double-duty
  5. double-dyed
  6. double-eagle
  7. double-eagles
  8. double-edged
  9. double-edged sword
  10. double-edged swords
  11. double-end

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