Definition of Battle of Bunker Hill

1. Noun. The first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Bunker Hill

battle dress
battle fatigue
battle fatigues
battle flag
battle fleet
battle fleets
battle group
battle honours
battle it out
battle line
battle neurosis
battle of Atlanta
battle of Austerlitz
battle of Boyne
battle of Brunanburh
battle of Bunker Hill (current term)
battle of Caporetto
battle of Chattanooga
battle of Chickamauga
battle of Cowpens
battle of Crecy
battle of Cunaxa
battle of Cynoscephalae
battle of Hastings
battle of Hohenlinden
battle of Ipsus
battle of Issus
battle of Ivry
battle of Jutland
battle of Langside

Literary usage of Battle of Bunker Hill

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

1. Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States: And by George Washington, Daniel Webster (1909)
"204) reflections on the battle of Bunker Hill contained in the North American Review for October, 1818, " understood to be from the pen of Hon. ..."

2. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves by George Washington Williams (1882)
"The battle of Bunker Hill was one of the earliest and most important of the Revolution. Negro soldiers were in the action of the 17th of June, 1775, ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1896)
"THE battle of Bunker Hill FROM A STRATEGIC POINT OF VIEW. ... The battle of Bunker Hill was a marked illustration of the truth of both these remarks, ..."

4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1867)
"D. Putnam to Henry Dearborn on the battle of Bunker Hill. pp. 20. 1818. " A Full and Correct Account of the battle of Bunker Hill, Fought June 17, 1775. pp. ..."

5. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1887)
"In 1825, Swett enlarged his text, and published it as ^History of the battle of Bunker Hill (Boston, 1825), followed by Notes to his Sketch in Dec., 1825. ..."

6. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"THE battle of Bunker Hill COMPOSED BY A BRITISH OFFICES, THE DAT AFTER THE BATTLE IT was on the seventeenth, by break of day, The Yankees did surprise us, ..."

7. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1900)
"battle of Bunker Hill. THE ANNIVERSARY IS DULY OBSERVED BY THE SOCIETY—A WREATH PLACED. On June 18, 1900, the Society celebrated the anniversary of the ..."

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