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Definition of Boyne

1. 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.

Definition of Boyne

1. Proper noun. (rivers) A river in Ireland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boyne

Literary usage of Boyne

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

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Boyne was brought to England when about nine years of age, and subsequently articled to William ... Boyne died at his home in Pentonville on 22 June 1810. ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"Having stated " Harris's Life of William III., pp. 266-267— the Fight at the Boyne, in Southwell Papers— Memoirs of King James II., vol. ii. p. ..."

3. Transactions (1871)
"The Boyne Viaduct is constructed for a double line of railway; the flooring, which is formed of six-inch planking, is supported by cross girders 24 feet ..."

4. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1907)
"On the Meath side of the Boyne, the ground, still all corn, grass, flowers, ... When William caught sight of the valley of the Boyne, he could not suppress ..."

5. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomass William Hazen Rolleston (1900)
"THE Boyne WATER Sir Charles ... Duffy rightly observes that these fragments of the original ' Boyne \Vater ' are far more racy and spirited than the song by ..."

6. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1918)
"James undertook to cover Dublin, taking up the line of the river Boyne, and there on the llth of July the two armies met, with the result that James was ..."

7. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1874)
"... struck to commemorate the Battle cf the Boyne. CHAPTER VII. Close of the first Session of the English Parliament—The Irish Parliament—Second Session t{ ..."

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