Definition of Benedict Arnold

1. Noun. United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801).

Exact synonyms: Arnold
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, Traitor, Treasonist

Definition of Benedict Arnold

1. Noun. (US) A traitor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benedict Arnold

Bence Jones reaction
Benchley
Benday process
Bende
Bender Visual Motor Gestalt test
Bender gestalt test
Bendopa
Benedek's reflex
Benedict
Benedict's reagent
Benedict's solution
Benedict's test for glucose
Benedict-Hopkins-Cole reagent
Benedict-Roth apparatus
Benedict-Roth calorimeter
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnolds
Benedict de Spinoza
Benedicta
Benedictine
Benedictine order
Benedictines
Benedictus
Benedikt's syndrome
Benelux
Benet
Benevento
Benford's law
Bengal
Bengal bean

Literary usage of Benedict Arnold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1896)
"CHAPTER XIV Benedict Arnold To understand the proximate causes of Arnold's treason, we must start from the summer of 1778, when Philadelphia was evacuated ..."

2. The American Revolution by Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1908)
"Washington had despatched from the camp before Boston a detachment of picked soldiers under the guidance of Benedict Arnold. Arnold was a New Englander, ..."

3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"Benedict Arnold * TO JOHN WINTHROP. ... their Moh- * Benedict Arnold was born in England Dec. 21, 1615, and came over as early as 1636, and settled at ..."

4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Martha Joanna Lamb, Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, John Austin Stevens (1880)
"Benedict Arnold AND HIS APOLOGIST The generous treatment of the Southern ... And now an apologist has risen even for Benedict Arnold, who attempts to offset ..."

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