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Definition of Benedict Arnold
1. Noun. United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801).
Definition of Benedict Arnold
1. Noun. (US) A traitor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Benedict Arnold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1896)
"CHAPTER XIV Benedict Arnold To understand the proximate causes of Arnold's treason,
we must start from the summer of 1778, when Philadelphia was evacuated ..."
2. The American Revolution by Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1908)
"Washington had despatched from the camp before Boston a detachment of picked
soldiers under the guidance of Benedict Arnold. Arnold was a New Englander, ..."
3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"Benedict Arnold * TO JOHN WINTHROP. ... their Moh- * Benedict Arnold was born in
England Dec. 21, 1615, and came over as early as 1636, and settled at ..."
4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Martha Joanna Lamb, Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, John Austin Stevens (1880)
"Benedict Arnold AND HIS APOLOGIST The generous treatment of the Southern ...
And now an apologist has risen even for Benedict Arnold, who attempts to offset ..."
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