land of the free
land of the free proper noun: the United States of America.
Proper noun
the land of the free
- The United States of America.
- O! say does that star-spangled Banner yet wave, / O'er the land of the Free, and the home of the brave?1814, Francis Scott Key, The Defence of Fort McHenry
- […] nowhere but in America could a liberty, so easily acquired, be so easily maintained. Since that time, Heaven has smiled incessantly on the land of the free.1839 April, “Italian Historians”, in The North American Review, volume 48, number 103, page 330
Examples of land of the free in a sentence
- Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee / Greenest state in the land of the free1954, “The Ballad of Davy Crockett”, Grant Sherman Henry, Thomas W. Blackburn (lyrics), George Bruns (music), performed by The Wellingtons:
- How can we still succeed taking what we don't need? / Telling lies, alibis, selling all the hate that we breed / Supersize our tragedies / Bought in the land of the free2004, “We're All To Blame”, in Chuck, performed by Sum 41, Island Records:
Questions about land of the free
- What does land of the free mean?
- Land of the free means the United States of America.
- How do you use land of the free in a sentence?
- Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee / Greenest state in the land of the free
- What part of speech is land of the free?
- Land of the free is a proper noun.
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