Definition of Strongholds

1. Noun. (plural of stronghold) ¹

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Definition of Strongholds

1. stronghold [n] - See also: stronghold

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strongholds

strong typing
strong verb
strong verbs
strongarm
strongarmed
strongarming
strongarms
strongback
strongbacks
strongbox
strongboxes
stronger
strongest
stronghand
stronghold
strongholds (current term)
strongish
strongly
strongly connected
strongly connected component
strongly symmetric matter
strongman
strongmen
strongness
strongpoint
strongpoints
strongroom
strongrooms
strongside
strongwilled

Literary usage of Strongholds

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

1. Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and by Daniel Wilson (1865)
"... RACE—SEATS OF ANCIENT POPULATION—DIFFERENT CLASSES OF WORKS— ANCIENT strongholds—PORT HILL, ... courts of justice, hospitals, or criminal strongholds. ..."

2. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"Federation Retained strongholds in South. But it must not be inferred that the ... On the contrary, there continued to be strongholds of Federalism in the ..."

3. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... its suppression in England caused strongholds to be built upon the Continent and in New England; ..."

4. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1906)
"T various meetings of this Association it has been my privilege to say something about the remains of ancient strongholds in the districts visited, ..."

5. My Impressions of America by Charles Wagner (1906)
"XLII AMERICA'S strongholds THESE strongholds contain neither guns nor ammunition, and yet within them lie the strength and authority of America ..."

6. My Impressions of America by Charles Wagner (1906)
"XLII AMERICA'S strongholds THESE strongholds contain neither guns nor ammunition, and yet within them lie the strength and authority of America, ..."

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