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Definition of Fallen

1. Adjective. Having dropped by the force of gravity. "Sat on a fallen tree trunk"

2. Adjective. Having fallen in or collapsed. "A fallen building"

3. Adjective. Having lost your chastity. "A fallen woman"

4. Adjective. Killed in battle. "To honor fallen soldiers"

Definition of Fallen

1. a. Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.

Definition of Fallen

1. Verb. (past participle of fall) ¹

2. Adjective. having dropped by the force of gravity ¹

3. Adjective. (literary) killed in battle ¹

4. Adjective. having lost one's chastity ¹

5. Adjective. having collapsed ¹

6. Noun. (pluralonly) The dead ¹

7. Noun. (pluralonly) Casualties of battle or war. ¹

8. Noun. (countable Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fallen

1. fall [v] - See also: fall

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fallen

fallaciousness fallacy fallacy fallacies fallacy fallacy fallal fallaleries fallalery fallals fallaway fallaways

fallback fallbacks fallboard fallboards falled fallen (current term) fallen angel fallen angels fallen arch fallen arches

fallen asleep fallen back on fallen in fallen off fallen out fallen over fallen pregnant fallen short fallencies fallency

Literary usage of Fallen

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

1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"CHAPTER XXXII HOW THE COMPANY TOOK COUNSEL ROUND THE fallen TREE " He is in camp, near Montpezat, two hours' march from here, my fair lord," said Johnston, ..."

2. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (1901)
"HEALTH TO fallen MAJESTY. As they approached the house, our fugitives observed that the ground was much trodden, as if a considerable body of horsemen had ..."

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