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Definition of American eagle

1. Noun. A large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body.

Definition of American eagle

1. Noun. A species of eagle native to North America and notable for the white plumage on its head. ¹

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Literary usage of American eagle

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

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"THE BRITISH LION AND THE American eagle. [During the debate on the Oregon question] those convenient sources of poetic fancy, the American eagle and the ..."

2. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by Marion Mills Miller, United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"The latter half of the message was in its nature an address to the country upon the fallacies of secession THE American eagle SCOTCHING THE SNAKE OF ..."

3. Check List of Early American Bottles and Flasks by Stephen van Rensselaer (1921)
"American eagle Flask (K) Eagle, head to right, on panel, perched on oval, ... American eagle Flask (G) Eagle, shield on breast, perched on arrows and olive ..."

4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Martha Joanna Lamb, Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, John Austin Stevens (1893)
"1" The device for its great seal adopted by congress in midsummer," says Bancroft, " is the American eagle as the emblem of that strength ..."

5. The American First Class Book: Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation by John Pierpont (1835)
"The American eagle.—NEAL. THERE'S a fierce gray BIRD, with a bending beak, With an angry eye, and a startling shriek, That nurses her brood where the ..."

6. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: From 1817-1882 by Frederick Douglass, John Lobb (1882)
"... the method—Danger—Free Papers—Unjust tax—Protection papers—"Free trade and sailors' rights "—American eagle—Railroad train—Unobserving conductor—Capt. ..."

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