Definition of Bannockburn

1. Noun. A battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland.

Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Scotland

Definition of Bannockburn

1. Proper noun. A village near Stirling in Scotland ¹

2. Proper noun. A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bannockburn

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Literary usage of Bannockburn

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

1. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"Id.), and Vz M. farther on is the field of bannockburn, where Robert Bruce ... At Sauchie- burn, 3 M. to the SW of bannockburn, James III. was defeated by ..."

2. Historic Poems and Ballads by Rupert Sargent Holland (1912)
"VI bannockburn THE Scotch poet, Robert Burns, pictured to himself the national hero of Scotland, Robert Bruce, addressing his soldiers before the battle of ..."

3. The World's Great Events: An Indexed History of the World from Earliest by Esther Singleton (1916)
"But had Scotland been trodden down at bannockburn, the fortunes of the isle ... The singular and certain fact is, that bannockburn was fought on a point of ..."

4. The Land of Burns: A Series of Landscapes and Portraits, Illustrative of the by John Wilson, Robert Chambers (1840)
"The industrious villages of bannockburn, Miltown, and St Ninians, ... The battle of bannockburn was fought (Monday, June 24, 1314,) on the part of the low ..."

5. Scotland by Walter Scott, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1901)
"CHAPTER XI Consequences of the Victory of bannockburn—Depression of the Military Spirit of England—Ravages on the Border—Settlement of the Scottish ..."

6. Historical and Literary Curiosities: Consisting of Facsimiles of Original ...by Charles John Smith by Charles John Smith (1875)
"... coming through the town of bannockburn. A woman seeing a man coming fast upon his horse, she standing in a slonk bringing home water, she ran fast away, ..."

7. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"THE BATTLE OF bannockburn (AD 1314) The closing incident of this selection may be compared with Scott's adaptation of it in The Lord of the Isles 6.31-2. ..."

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