Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river of eastern Ireland flowing about 115 km (70 mi) to the Irish Sea. In the Battle of the Boyne on July 1, 1690, the armies of King William III defeated the forces of James II, who fled to France.

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  • noun a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690, where William III of England defeated the deposed James II and so ended Stuart Catholicism in England.

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  • proper noun A river in Ireland.

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  • noun a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts

Etymologies

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From Irish Bóinn

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Examples

  • Here Lanty, you imp, "he said turning his eyes on the ripe youth as he brought in a large jug of the" Boyne "-- in other words of

    Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

  • On the bridge of the Boyne was our first overthrow;

    A Farewell to Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan 1922

  • The library could have borne witness that it was also the portrait of the man who had come in that day to call Boyne from his unfinished letter.

    Afterward 1910

  • We organized in due time the corporation known as the Boyne Iron Works, Limited; a trust agreement was drawn up that was a masterpiece of its kind, one that caused, first and last, meddling officials in the Department of

    A Far Country — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • We organized in due time the corporation known as the Boyne Iron Works, Limited; a trust agreement was drawn up that was a masterpiece of its kind, one that caused, first and last, meddling officials in the Department of Justice at Washington no little trouble and perplexity.

    A Far Country — Volume 2 Winston Churchill 1909

  • We organized in due time the corporation known as the Boyne Iron Works, Limited; a trust agreement was drawn up that was a masterpiece of its kind, one that caused, first and last, meddling officials in the Department of Justice at Washington no little trouble and perplexity.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • I believe they made a great deal of money as contractors to the army of King William in the campaign of which the Battle of the Boyne was the decisive event, but the greater part of this they dissipated about a century ago in lawsuits.

    Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer 1899

  • The library could have borne witness that it was also the portrait of the man who had come in that day to call Boyne from his unfinished letter.

    Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton 1899

  • The library could have borne witness that it was also the portrait of the man who had come in that day to call Boyne from his unfinished letter.

    The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2 Edith Wharton 1899

  • The only sounds that rose from the vast host that lay encamped in the valley of the Boyne were the challenges of the sentinels to each other as they paced their midnight rounds.

    The Huguenots in France Samuel Smiles 1858

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