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Definition of Alamo
1. Noun. A siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
Geographical relationships: San Antonio
Definition of Alamo
1. Proper noun. An infamous fort in San Antonio, Texas, USA. ¹
2. Proper noun. (rfv-sense) (by extension) Something heavily guarded. ¹
3. Noun. A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; the cottonwood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alamo
1. a softwood tree [n -MOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alamo
Literary usage of Alamo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eugene Campbell Barker, University of Texas at Austin Center for Studies in Texas History (1905)
"... defeat to glorious victory as in the forty-six days from the fall of the alamo,
March 6, 1836, to the battle of San Jacinto, April 21, of the same year. ..."
2. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"The chivalry, flower of Mexico; And a gaunt two hundred in the alamo! ... Then a
woman stepped, praying, and slow Across; to die at her post in the alamo. ..."
3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"EPITAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS alamo [The alamo Monument, which stood in the hall of
the Capitol, at Austin, Texas, was almost completely destroyed by fire in ..."
4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, Martha Joanna Lamb, John Austin Stevens, Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1886)
"The name “ alamo “ signi.. fies “ cotton wood “ in Spanish, and it is supposed
was given to it by the troops quartered there who came from Fort alamo de ..."
5. Great Epochs in American History: Described by Famous Writers from Columbus by Francis Whiting Halsey (1912)
"The siege and fall of the alamo were of great importance in the conflict by which
... The alamo was a mission building, founded by the Spaniards in 1744. ..."
6. Quaint and Historic Forts of North America by John Martin Hammond (1915)
"The alamo, as late as 1870, was used for military purposes by the United States
... The alamo had none." The building, itself, is a low structure of the ..."
7. One Hundred Narrative Poems edited by George E. Teter (1918)
"44 THE DEFENSE OF THE alamo 1 JOAQUIN MILLER Santa Anna came storming, as a storm
might come; There was rumble of cannon; there was rattle of blade; ..."
8. Poetry of the People: Comprising Poems Illustrative of the History and by Charles Mills Gayley, Martin Charles Flaherty (1903)
"I die with my wounded, in the alamo." The Bowie gasped, " Lead me over ...
Then a woman stepped, praying, and slow Across; to die at her post in the alamo. ..."
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