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Definition of McKinley
1. Noun. 25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901).
Generic synonyms: Chief Executive, President, President Of The United States, United States President
2. Noun. A mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high).
Group relationships: Ak, Alaska, Last Frontier, Alaska Range
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Lexicographical Neighbors of McKinley
Literary usage of McKinley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1898)
"Hancock, McKinley was assigned as acting assistant adjutant-general on the staff of
... The next day, 20 July, 1864, at the age of twenty-one, McKinley was ..."
2. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"William McKinley WILLIAM McKinley, the twenty-fifth President of the United States,
... The father of the President, William McKinley, sr., was born in Pine ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"ford, of New York, spoke at Canton that autumn, and McKinley was ... Animated by
the eloquence of their visitor, McKinley captivated both the audi- ..."
4. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by United States Congress, Marion Mills Miller, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"Opposes Free Works of Art; Mr. McKinley, Henry Cabot Lodge [Mass. ... ON April
16,1890, William McKinley [0.] reported from the Committee on Ways and Means ..."
5. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1902)
"I received yesterday a brief statement of the tribute of Lone Wolf to President
McKinley, which to me was very touching. Lone Wolf was one of the chiefs of ..."
6. Looters of the Public Domain by Stephen A. Douglas Puter, Horace Stevens (1907)
"Petty controversies between McKinley and young Lloyd over money matters furnishes
the basis for the first land fraud indictments in Oregon— Colonel Greene ..."
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