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Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War proper noun: any of several revolutionary wars (wars of revolution), taken specifically. Also the ellipsis of American Revolutionary War.

Proper noun

the Revolutionary War

  1. Any of several revolutionary wars (wars of revolution), taken specifically.

Also used as

Revolutionary War is also the ellipsis of American Revolutionary War.

Words formed from Revolutionary War

  • American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) of the contiguous southern 13 colonies of the British Empire on the east coast of the North American mainland

Questions about Revolutionary War

What does Revolutionary War mean?
Revolutionary War means any of several revolutionary wars (wars of revolution), taken specifically.
What part of speech is Revolutionary War?
Revolutionary War is a proper noun.

Words near Revolutionary War in the dictionary

  1. revolutionary
  2. Revolutionary Governing Junta
  3. Revolutionary Government Junta
  4. revolutionary site
  5. revolutionary sites
  6. Revolutionary War
  7. revolutioneer
  8. revolutioneered
  9. revolutioneering
  10. revolutioneers
  11. revolutioner

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